类 (lèi): kind, type, class, category, (classifier) kind, type, (bound form) to resemble, to be similar to
类 (lèi) is a Chinese character meaning “kind.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 米 (structural) and 大 (structural). It ranks #311 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- kind
- type
- class
- category
- (classifier) kind
- type
- (bound form) to resemble
- to be similar to
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 类
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 人类noun | rén lèi | humanity | 5 |
| 类似verb | lèi sì | similar | 5 |
| 类型noun | lèi xíng | type | 5 |
| 分类verb | fēn lèi | to classify | 5 |
| 同类adjective/noun | tóng lèi | similar | 6 |
| 种类noun | zhǒng lèi | kind | 5 |
| 类别noun | lèi bié | classification | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 之类 | zhī lèi | and so on |
| 类固醇 | lèi gù chún | steroid |
| 败类 | bài lèi | scum of a community |
| 鸟类 | niǎo lèi | birds |
| 人类学 | rén lèi xué | anthropology |
| 鱼类 | yú lèi | fishes |
| 肉类 | ròu lèi | meat |
| 异类 | yì lèi | different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity) |
| 各类 | gè lèi | all categories |
| 类比 | lèi bǐ | analogy |
| 此类 | cǐ lèi | this kind |
| 归类 | guī lèi | to classify |
| 贝类 | bèi lèi | shellfish |
| 族类 | zú lèi | clan |
| 菌类 | jūn lèi | fungus |
类 appears in 100 compound words: 19 as the first character, 77 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 类 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
Showing 9 of 10 idioms containing 类.
Example Sentences
学习类字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí lèi zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Learning characters requires repeated practice to write them neatly.
男生小便后甩一甩是本能行为吗?婴儿期就有类似反射吗
nán shēng xiǎo biàn hòu shuǎi yī shuǎi shì běn néng háng wéi ma ? yīng ér qī jiù yǒu lèi sì fǎn shè ma
Is it instinctive for boys to shake after urinating? Is there a similar reflex in infancy?
...政府传考虑扩大“232关税”版图 新增六类产业课征国安税
. . . zhèng fǔ chuán kǎo lǜ kuò dà 2 3 2 guān shuì bǎn tú xīn zēng liù lèi chǎn yè kè zhēng guó ān shuì
... The government is rumored to be considering expanding the territory of the "232 tariffs" and adding six new types of industries to impose national security tax
...跌821点 纳指跌逾1% AI报告引发多类股份下挫
. . . diē 8 2 1 diǎn nà zhǐ diē yú 1 A I bào gào yǐn fā duō lèi gǔ fèn xià cuò
... Down 821 points, the Nasdaq fell more than 1%, and the AI report triggered a decline in many stocks
睡觉太亮恐影响健康?医点名3类人风险高
shuì jué tài liàng kǒng yǐng xiǎng jiàn kāng ? yī diǎn míng 3 lèi rén fēng xiǎn gāo
Sleeping too brightly may affect your health? The doctor named 3 types of people with high risk
脂肪肝不是胖人专利 三类高危族群与改善关键
zhī fáng gān bù shì pàng rén zhuān lì sān lèi gāo wēi zú qún yǔ gǎi shàn guān jiàn
Fatty liver is not the patent of fat people, three types of high-risk groups and the key to improvement
癌症是人类的大敌。
áizhèng shì rénlèi de dà dí.
Cancer is a great enemy of humanity.
人类是环境的产物。
Rénlèi shì huánjìng de chǎnwù.
Man is a creature of circumstances.
鹅是一种水栖鸟类。
é shì yīzhǒng shuǐqī niǎolèi.
The goose is a waterfowl.
白鸽是种美丽的鸟类。
Bái gē shì zhǒng měilì de niǎolèi.
White doves are pretty birds.
Character Family
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