| 異 | [ yì ] different, other, hetero-, unusual, strange, surprising, to distinguish, to separate, to discriminate |
| 異丁烷 | [ yì dīng wán ] isobutane |
| 異丁苯丙酸 | [ yì dīng běn bǐng suān ] Ibuprofen or Nurofen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers, also called 布洛芬 |
| 異丙苯 | [ yì bǐng běn ] (chemistry) isopropylbenzene C9H12 (aka cumene) |
| 異丙醇 | [ yì bǐng chún ] isopropanol, isopropyl alcohol C3H8O |
| 異乎尋常 | [ yì hū xún cháng ] unusual, extraordinary |
| 異事 | [ yì shì ] sth else, a separate matter, not the same thing, with different jobs (not colleagues), a remarkable thing, sth special, an odd thing, sth strange or incomprehensible |
| 異亮氨酸 | [ yì liàng ān suān ] isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid |
| 異人 | [ yì rén ] eccentric, unusual person, talented individual |
| 異像 | [ yì xiàng ] extraordinary image |
| 異動 | [ yì dòng ] to shift, to alter, unusual change, abnormal move |
| 異化 | [ yì huà ] alienation (philosophy), (of speech) dissimilation |
| 異化作用 | [ yì huà zuò yòng ] catabolism (biology), metabolic breaking down and waste disposal, dissimilation |
| 異卵 | [ yì luǎn ] (of twins) fraternal, dizygotic |
| 異卵雙胞胎 | [ yì luǎn shuāng baō taī ] fraternal twins |
| 異口同聲 | [ yì koǔ tóng shēng ] different mouths, same voice, to speak in unison (idiom) |
| 異同 | [ yì tóng ] comparison, differences and similarities |
| 異味 | [ yì weì ] unpleasant odor |
| 異咯嗪 | [ yì gē qín ] isoalloxazine (name of organic chemical) |
| 異國 | [ yì guó ] exotic, foreign |
| 異國他鄉 | [ yì guó tā xiāng ] foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate |
| 異國情調 | [ yì guó qíng ] exoticism, local color, exotic |
| 異地 | [ yì dì ] different place, abroad |
| 異地戀 | [ yì dì liàn ] long-distance romance, long-distance relationship |
| 異域 | [ yì yù ] foreign country, alien land |
| 異己 | [ yì jǐ ] dissident, alien, outsider, non-self, others |
| 異常 | [ yì cháng ] exceptional, abnormal, an anomaly |
| 異形 | [ yì xíng ] not the usual type, atypical, heterotype |
| 異形詞 | [ yì xíng cí ] variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4], exact synonym and homonym written with different characters |
| 異彩 | [ yì caǐ ] extraordinary splendor |
| 異心 | [ yì xīn ] disloyalty, infidelity |
| 異性 | [ yì xìng ] the opposite sex, of the opposite sex, heterosexual, different in nature |
| 異性性接觸 | [ yì xìng xìng jiē chù ] heterosexual sex |
| 異性戀 | [ yì xìng liàn ] heterosexuality, heterosexual love |
| 異性戀主義 | [ yì xìng liàn zhǔ yì ] heterosexism |
| 異性相吸 | [ yì xìng xiāng xī ] opposite polarities attract, (fig.) opposite sexes attract, opposites attract |
| 異想天開 | [ yì xiǎng tiān kaī ] to imagine the wildest thing, to indulge in fantasy |
| 異戊二烯 | [ yì wù èr xī ] isoprene |
| 異戊巴比妥 | [ yì wù bā bǐ tuǒ ] amobarbital (drug) (loanword) |
| 異戊橡膠 | [ yì wù xiàng ] isoprene rubber |
| 異才 | [ yì caí ] extraordinary talent |
| 異教 | [ yì ] heresy, heathenism |
| 異教徒 | [ yì tú ] member of another religion, heathen, pagan, heretic, apostate |
| 異文 | [ yì wén ] variant character, loan word, variant written form (for the same word), different edition |
| 異族 | [ yì zú ] different tribe |
| 異曲同工 | [ yì qǔ tóng gōng ] different tunes played with equal skill (idiom), different methods leading to the same result, different approach but equally satisfactory outcome |
| 異株蕁麻 | [ yì zhū qián má ] common nettle (Urtica dioica) |
| 異構 | [ yì goù ] isomeric (chemistry) |
| 異構體 | [ yì goù tǐ ] isomer (chemistry) |
| 異樣 | [ yì yàng ] difference, peculiar |
| 異步 | [ yì bù ] asynchronous |
| 異步傳輸模式 | [ yì bù chuán shū mó shì ] asynchronous transfer mode, ATM |
| 異母 | [ yì mǔ ] (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers |
| 異源多倍體 | [ yì yuán duō beì tǐ ] allopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of different species) |
| 異焉 | [ yì yān ] feeling surprised at sth |
| 異父 | [ yì fù ] with different father (e.g. of half-brother) |
| 異物 | [ yì wù ] rarity, rare delicacy, foreign matter, alien body, the dead, ghost, monstrosity, alien life-form |
| 異特龍 | [ yì tè lóng ] allosaurus |
| 異狀 | [ yì zhuàng ] unusual condition, something odd, strange shape |
| 異病同治 | [ yì bìng tóng zhì ] to use the same method to treat different diseases (TCM) |
| 異種 | [ yì zhǒng ] hetero-, variety |
| 異端 | [ yì duān ] heresy |
| 異端者 | [ yì duān zhě ] a heretic |
| 異維A酸 | [ yì weí suān ] isotretinoin (used in acne treatment) |
| 異義 | [ yì yì ] differing opinion |
| 異能 | [ yì néng ] different function |
| 異腈 | [ yì jīng ] carbylamine, isocyanide |
| 異色樹鶯 | [ yì sè shù yīng ] (bird species of China) aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) |
| 異裝癖 | [ yì zhuāng pǐ ] transvestism |
| 異見 | [ yì jiàn ] dissident, dissenting, dissent |
| 異見者 | [ yì jiàn zhě ] dissident |
| 異言 | [ yì yán ] dissenting words |
| 異說 | [ yì shuō ] different opinion, dissident view, absurd remark |
| 異議 | [ yì yì ] objection, dissent |
| 異議人士 | [ yì yì rén shì ] dissident |
| 異議份子 | [ yì yì fèn zǐ ] dissidents, dissenting faction |
| 異議者 | [ yì yì zhě ] dissenter, dissident |
| 異讀 | [ yì dú ] variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading) |
| 異讀詞 | [ yì dú cí ] word having alternative pronunciations |
| 異質 | [ yì zhì ] heterogeneous |
| 異質網路 | [ yì zhì wǎng lù ] heterogeneous network |
| 異質體 | [ yì zhì tǐ ] variant |
| 異軍突起 | [ yì jūn tū qǐ ] to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom) |
| 異邦 | [ yì bāng ] foreign country |
| 異鄉 | [ yì xiāng ] foreign land, a place far from home |
| 異鄉人 | [ yì xiāng rén ] stranger |
| 異面直線 | [ yì miàn zhí xiàn ] (math.) skew lines |
| 異頻雷達收發機 | [ yì pín leí dá shoū fā jī ] transponder, electronic device that responds to a radio code |
| 異食癖 | [ yì shí pǐ ] pica (medicine) |
| 異香 | [ yì xiāng ] rare perfume |
| 異香撲鼻 | [ yì xiāng pū bí ] exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom) |
| 異體 | [ yì tǐ ] variant form (of a Chinese character) |
| 異體字 | [ yì tǐ zì ] variant Chinese character |
| 異龍 | [ yì lóng ] allosaurus, also written 異特龍|异特龙 |
| ⇒ 二氯異三聚氰酸鈉 | [ èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà ] sodium dichloroisocyanurate |
| ⇒ 互異 | [ hù yì ] differing from one another, mutually different |
| ⇒ 亞硝酸異戊酯 | [ yà suān yì wù zhǐ ] amyl nitrite |
| ⇒ 優異 | [ yoū yì ] exceptional, outstandingly good |
| ⇒ 優異獎 | [ yoū yì jiǎng ] excellence award, merit award |
| ⇒ 兩性異形 | [ liǎng xìng yì xíng ] sexual dimorphism |
| ⇒ 分異 | [ fēn yì ] distinction, differentiation |
| ⇒ 卓異 | [ zhuó yì ] (of talent) outstanding, exceptional |
| ⇒ 各異 | [ gè yì ] all different, each unto his own |
| ⇒ 同分異構 | [ tóng fēn yì goù ] isomerism (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 同分異構體 | [ tóng fēn yì goù tǐ ] isomer (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 同床異夢 | [ tóng chuáng yì mèng ] lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas, strange bedfellows, marital dissension |
| ⇒ 同母異父 | [ tóng mǔ yì fù ] (of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers, half (brother or sister) |
| ⇒ 同父異母 | [ tóng fù yì mǔ ] (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers, half (brother or sister) |
| ⇒ 同素異形體 | [ tóng sù yì xíng tǐ ] allotropy |
| ⇒ 同量異位素 | [ tóng liàng yì weì sù ] nuclear isobar |
| ⇒ 因人而異 | [ yīn rén ér yì ] varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual |
| ⇒ 基因染色體異常 | [ jī yīn rǎn sè tǐ yì cháng ] genetic chromosome abnormality |
| ⇒ 大同小異 | [ dà tóng yì ] virtually the same, differing only on small points |
| ⇒ 大放異彩 | [ dà fàng yì caǐ ] to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment), to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill |
| ⇒ 天賦異稟 | [ tiān fù yì bǐng ] extraordinary talent, exceptionally gifted |
| ⇒ 奇珍異寶 | [ qí zhēn yì baǒ ] rare treasure (idiom) |
| ⇒ 奇異 | [ qí yì ] fantastic, bizarre, odd, exotic, astonished |
| ⇒ 奇異夸克 | [ qí yì kuā kè ] strange quark (particle physics) |
| ⇒ 奇異果 | [ qí yì guǒ ] kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry |
| ⇒ 奇異筆 | [ qí yì bǐ ] marker (writing instrument) |
| ⇒ 奇能異士 | [ qí néng yì shì ] extraordinary hero with special abilities, martial arts superhero |
| ⇒ 奇花異卉 | [ qí huā yì huì ] exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom) |
| ⇒ 奇花異草 | [ qí huā yì caǒ ] very rarely seen, unusual (idiom) |
| ⇒ 奇葩異卉 | [ qí pā yì huì ] rare and exotic flora (idiom) |
| ⇒ 奇裝異服 | [ qí zhuāng yì fú ] bizarre dress |
| ⇒ 好奇尚異 | [ haò qí shàng yì ] to have a taste for the exotic (idiom) |
| ⇒ 客死異鄉 | [ kè sǐ yì xiāng ] to die in a foreign land (idiom) |
| ⇒ 對映異構 | [ duì yìng yì goù ] enantiomeric isomerism (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 對映異構體 | [ duì yìng yì goù tǐ ] enantiomeric isomer (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 差異 | [ chā yì ] difference, discrepancy |
| ⇒ 差異性 | [ chā yì xìng ] difference |
| ⇒ 怪異 | [ yì ] monstrous, strange, strange phenomenon |
| ⇒ 政治異議人士 | [ zhèng zhì yì yì rén shì ] political dissident |
| ⇒ 新異 | [ xīn yì ] new and different, novelty |
| ⇒ 日新月異 | [ rì xīn yuè yì ] daily renewal, monthly change (idiom), every day sees new developments, rapid progress |
| ⇒ 智異山 | [ zhì yì shān ] Jirisan or Mount Chiri, mountain in the south of South Korea |
| ⇒ 標新取異 | [ xīn qǔ yì ] to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality |
| ⇒ 標新立異 | [ xīn lì yì ] to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom) |
| ⇒ 標新競異 | [ xīn jìng yì ] to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality |
| ⇒ 標新領異 | [ xīn lǐng yì ] to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation |
| ⇒ 歧異 | [ qí yì ] difference, discrepancy |
| ⇒ 殊異 | [ shū yì ] entirely different, quite separate |
| ⇒ 求同存異 | [ qiú tóng cún yì ] to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom) |
| ⇒ 無異 | [ wú yì ] nothing other than, to differ in no way from, the same as, to amount to |
| ⇒ 特異 | [ tè yì ] exceptionally good, excellent, clearly outstanding, distinctive, peculiar, unique |
| ⇒ 特異功能 | [ tè yì gōng néng ] supernatural power, extrasensory perception |
| ⇒ 特異性 | [ tè yì xìng ] specific, specificity, idiosyncrasy |
| ⇒ 特異選擇 | [ tè yì xuǎn zé ] special choice, special reserve |
| ⇒ 獨在異鄉為異客 | [ dú zaì yì xiāng weí yì kè ] a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2]) |
| ⇒ 獨在異鄉為異客 | [ dú zaì yì xiāng weí yì kè ] a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2]) |
| ⇒ 獨放異彩 | [ dú fàng yì caǐ ] to project singular splendor or radiance, to perform brilliantly |
| ⇒ 珍異 | [ zhēn yì ] rare, precious and odd |
| ⇒ 瑰異 | [ guī yì ] marvelous, magnificent |
| ⇒ 甚感詫異 | [ shèn gǎn chà yì ] amazed, astonished, deeply troubled |
| ⇒ 相異 | [ xiāng yì ] different, dissimilar |
| ⇒ 磁異常 | [ cí yì cháng ] magnetic anomaly (geology) |
| ⇒ 神異 | [ shén yì ] magical, miraculous, mystical |
| ⇒ 稍異 | [ shaō yì ] differing slightly |
| ⇒ 穎異 | [ yǐng yì ] highly intelligent, original and unique |
| ⇒ 立體異構 | [ lì tǐ yì goù ] stereoisomerism (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 立體異構體 | [ lì tǐ yì goù tǐ ] stereoisomer (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 聊齋志異 | [ zhaī zhì yì ] Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2] |
| ⇒ 見異思遷 | [ jiàn yì sī qiān ] to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty, never satisfied with what one has |
| ⇒ 訝異 | [ yà yì ] to be surprised, to be astonished |
| ⇒ 詫異 | [ chà yì ] flabbergasted, astonished |
| ⇒ 詭異 | [ guǐ yì ] strange, weird |
| ⇒ 誅鋤異己 | [ zhū chú yì jǐ ] to wipe out dissenters, to exterminate those who disagree |
| ⇒ 變異 | [ biàn yì ] variation |
| ⇒ 變異型克雅氏症 | [ biàn yì xíng kè yǎ shì zhèng ] variant Creutzfeldt-Jacobs disease, vCJD |
| ⇒ 變異株 | [ biàn yì zhū ] variant, variant strain (of virus) |
| ⇒ 身首異處 | [ shēn shoǔ yì chù ] to be decapitated (idiom) |
| ⇒ 迥異 | [ jiǒng yì ] totally different |
| ⇒ 重力異常 | [ zhòng lì yì cháng ] gravitational anomaly (geology) |
| ⇒ 雌雄異色 | [ cí xióng yì sè ] sexual coloration |
| ⇒ 離異 | [ lí yì ] to divorce |
| ⇒ 靈異 | [ líng yì ] deity, monster, strange, mysterious, supernatural |
| ⇒ 非異人任 | [ feī yì rén rèn ] to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others (idiom) |
| ⇒ 驚異 | [ jīng yì ] amazed |
| ⇒ 骨髓增生異常綜合徵 | [ gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng ] myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) |
| ⇒ 黨同伐異 | [ dǎng tóng fá yì ] to be narrowly partisan, to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views |