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乙烷

乙烷

Chinese

		"B" (in a sequence of examples involving "A", "B", "C", etc.); 2nd heavenly stem; 2nd in order	alkane
simp. and trad. (乙烷)		乙	烷

Noun

乙烷

ethane

Etymology

From 乙 (yǐ, “second heavenly stem; eth-”) + 烷 (wán, “alkane; -ane”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǐwán

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut³ jyun⁴, jyut³ jyun^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐwán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄨㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiwan
  - IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯a̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut³ jyun⁴, jyut³ jyun^4-2
  - Yale: yut yùhn, yut yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁸ jyn⁴, jyt⁸ jyn^4-2
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚³ jyːn²¹/, /jyːt̚³ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/