HSK 3 · Common Objects

种 zhǒng “kind” in Chinese

Traditional 種

What 种 means

  1. kind
  2. type
  3. sort
  4. seed
  5. species
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • classifier for types, kinds, sorts

How to say 种

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale种zhǒng3rd tone, dipping

种 in a sentence

  1. 他喜欢这种音乐。

    Tā xǐhuan zhè zhǒng yīnyuè.

    He likes this kind of music.

    Sentence #379589 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我母亲会说五种语言。

    Wǒ mǔqīn huì shuō wǔ zhǒng yǔyán.

    My mother can speak five languages.

    Sentence #1489478 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 种 can also be read zhòng, meaning “to plant; to grow”

    她在花园里种了一些菜。

    Tā zài huāyuán lǐ zhòng le yìxiē cài.

    She planted some vegetables in her garden.

    Sentence #2411926 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 种 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 种 (zhǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
种zhǒngseed
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 中central · zhōngSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 中 (zhōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǒng.

How to write 种

种 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

种 (zhǒng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 种 (zhǒng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 种

Words with 种

种类zhǒnglèi · kind种族zhǒngzú · race播种bōzhǒng · to sow seeds品种pǐnzhǒng · variety种植zhòngzhí · to plant种子zhǒngzi · seed

More words: Everyday Things

张zhāng · mw for flat objects照片zhàopiàn · picture照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera只zhī · measure word for animals (a cat出差chūchāi · to go on an official or business trip出发chūfā · to set off登机牌dēngjīpái · boarding pass高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway

FAQs

种 (zhǒng) means “kind” or “type”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it zhǒng: zhǒng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 种 is written 種. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 种 from the suggestions. Typing zhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
种 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.