人
类

Humanity in Chinese: 人类 (rén lèi)

rén lèi

humanity

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 人類2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1humanity
  2. 2human race
  3. 3mankind

Stroke order

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人
类

Zhuyin

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ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄟˋ

lèi

ㄌ/ lㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

人类

Simplified

人類

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我是人类。

    wǒ shì rén lèi。

    I am a human being.

  • 癌症是人类的大敌。

    ái zhèng shì rén lèi de dà dí。

    Cancer is a great enemy of humanity.

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Related words

人

rén

person

类

lèi

kind

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

工人

gōng rén

worker

人才

rén cái

talent

人口

rén kǒu

population

人生

rén shēng

life (one's time on earth)

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