yǐ yǒu

乙酉 (yǐ yǒu) is a Chinese word meaning “twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065”.

Meanings

  1. 1twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065

Characters in 乙酉

乙yǐ · second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]酉yǒu · 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster

Related words

乙second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]乙turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]乙醇ethanol; ethyl alcohol乙烯ethylene聚乙烯polythene乙醚ether乙酸acetic acid (CH3COOH)乙炔acetylene聚氯乙烯polyvinyl chloride (PVC)乙肝hepatitis B乙巳forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025聚苯乙烯polystyrene

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