HSK 5 · Ideas

类型 lèixíng “type” in Chinese

Traditional 類型

What 类型 means

  1. type
  2. kind
  3. category
  4. (computer programming) type

How to say 类型

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale类lèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale型xíng2nd tone, rising

类型 in a sentence

  1. 你做什么类型的工作？

    Nǐ zuò shénme lèixíng de gōngzuò?

    What sort of work do you do?

    Sentence #439057 from Tatoeba

  2. 你喜欢哪种类型的音乐？

    Nǐ xǐhuan nǎ zhǒng lèixíng de yīnyuè?

    What kind of music do you like?

    Sentence #3376514 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她是我喜欢的类型。

    Tā shì wǒ xǐhuan de lèixíng.

    She’s my type.

    Sentence #805725 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 类型 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 类 (lèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
类lèikind; type; class; category
  • 米rice · mǐ
  • 大big · dà
The character 型 (xíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
型xíngmould
  • 刑punishment · xíngSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 刑 (xíng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xíng.

How to write 类型

类 9 strokes · 型 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 类型

Words with 类

人类rénlèi · humanity种类zhǒnglèi · kind类似lèisì · similar

Words with 型

大型dàxíng · large典型diǎnxíng · typical造型zàoxíng · shape模型móxíng · model

More words: Ideas & Concepts

结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion精神jīngshén · spirit空间kōngjiān · space理由lǐyóu · reason力量lìliang · power领域lǐngyù · domain逻辑luójí · logic

FAQs

类型 (lèixíng) means “type” or “kind”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lèixíng: lèi with a 4th tone, then xíng with a 2nd 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, 类型 is written 類型. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type leixing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 类型 from the suggestions. Typing leixing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
类型 is an HSK 5 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.