类

Kind in Chinese: 类 (lèi)

lèi

kind

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 類2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1kind
  2. 2type
  3. 3class
  4. 4category
  5. 5similar
  6. 6like
  7. 7to resemble

Stroke order

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类

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄟˋ

lèi

ㄌ/ lㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

类

Simplified

類

Traditional

Example sentences

See 类 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 物以类聚。

    wù yǐ lèi jù。

    Birds of a feather flock together.

  • 出类拔萃！

    chū lèi bá cuì！

    Outstanding!

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Related words

人类

rén lèi

humanity

类似

lèi sì

similar

类型

lèi xíng

type

种类

zhǒng lèi

kind

分类

fēn lèi

to classify

之类

zhī lèi

and so on

类别

lèi bié

classification

同类

tóng lèi

similar

诸如此类

zhū rú cǐ lèi

things like this (idiom)

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