HSK 6 · Nature

品种 pǐnzhǒng “variety” in Chinese

Said as pínzhǒng

Traditional 品種

What 品种 means

  1. variety
  2. breed
  3. kind

Measure word 个 gè · 一个品种 yí ge pǐnzhǒng

How to say 品种

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale品pǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale种zhǒng3rd tone, dipping

Said as pínzhǒng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

品种 in a sentence

  1. 他们想栽培新品种的米来增加粮食生产。

    Tāmen xiǎng zāipéi xīn pǐnzhǒng de mǐ lái zēngjiā liángshi shēngchǎn.

    They want to grow new varieties of rice to increase food production.

    Sentence #339601 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 中国幅员辽阔，因而茶的品种繁多。

    Zhōngguó fúyuán liáokuò, yīn'ér chá de pǐnzhǒng fánduō.

    China is vast, and as a result it has a great many kinds of tea.

    Sentence #1700074 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这品种的蝴蝶现在已经绝种了。

    Zhè pǐnzhǒng de húdié xiànzài yǐjīng juézhǒng le.

    This species of butterfly is now extinct.

    Sentence #475392 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 品种 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 品 (pǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
品pǐnarticle; commodity; product; goods
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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 品种

品 9 strokes · 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.

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

Words related to 品种

Words with 品

产品chǎnpǐn · product商品shāngpǐn · commodity作品zuòpǐn · work (of art)日用品rìyòngpǐn · articles for daily use品尝pǐncháng · to taste次品cìpǐn · defective product毒品dúpǐn · drugs样品yàngpǐn · sample品德pǐndé · moral character品质pǐnzhì · quality

Words with 种

种zhǒng · kind种类zhǒnglèi · kind种族zhǒngzú · race播种bōzhǒng · to sow seeds种植zhòngzhí · to plant种子zhǒngzi · seed

More words: Nature & Environment

蚂蚁mǎyǐ · ant萌芽méngyá · to sprout棉花miánhua · cotton排放páifàng · to discharge瀑布pùbù · waterfall晴朗qínglǎng · sunny气味qìwèi · smell气象qìxiàng · meteorology

FAQs

品种 (pǐnzhǒng) means “variety” or “breed”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pǐnzhǒng: pǐn with a 3rd tone, then zhǒng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like pínzhǒng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 品种 is written 品種. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one variety is 一个品种 (yí ge pǐnzhǒng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pinzhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 品种 from the suggestions. Typing pinzhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
品种 is an HSK 6 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.