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种类 zhǒnglèi “kind” in Chinese

Traditional 種類

What 种类 means

  1. kind
  2. type
  3. variety
  4. genus
  5. category
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • species

How to say 种类

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale种zhǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale类lèi4th tone, falling

种类 in a sentence

  1. 我已经读过很多种类的书了。

    Wǒ yǐjīng dúguo hěn duō zhǒnglèi de shū le.

    I’ve read many kinds of books.

    Sentence #1783785 from Tatoeba

  2. 伊宁的苹果种类非常多。

    Yīníng de píngguǒ zhǒnglèi fēicháng duō.

    There are lots of different kinds of apples in Yining.

    Sentence #405480 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他不想要任何种类的花。

    Tā bù xiǎngyào rènhé zhǒnglèi de huā.

    He doesn’t want flowers of any kind.

    Sentence #4844743 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 种类 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.

The character 类 (lèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
类lèikind; type; class; category
  • 米rice · mǐ
  • 大big · dà

How to write 种类

种 9 strokes · 类 9 strokes

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

Words related to 种类

Words with 种

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

Words with 类

人类rénlèi · humanity类型lèixíng · type类似lèisì · similar

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FAQs

种类 (zhǒnglèi) means “kind” or “type”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhǒnglèi: zhǒng with a 3rd tone, then lèi with a 4th 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, 种类 is written 種類. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhonglei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 种类 from the suggestions. Typing zhonglei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
种类 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.