种 zhǒng / zhòng in a sentence
Species (race - type - kinds - seed - courage); To grow (plant)
种 (zhǒng / zhòng) means Species (race - type - kinds - seed - courage), To grow (plant). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这 种 水果很甜。
Zhè zhǒng shuǐguǒ hěn tián.
This kind of fruit is very sweet.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 种
商店里有很多 种 饮料。
Shāngdiàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhǒng yǐnliào.
The shop has many kinds of drinks.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 种
他会说三 种 语言。
Tā huì shuō sān zhǒng yǔyán.
He can speak three languages.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 说
From the graded readers
现在我学会了一 种 说法：“这件事我帮不了，不过你可以试试……”
xiànzài wǒ xuéhuìle yī zhǒng / zhòng shuōfa:" zhèijiàn shì wǒ bāng bùliǎo, búguò nǐ kěyǐ shìshì……"
I've since learned a way to put it: "I can't help with this one, but you could try…"
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
Questions about 种
How is 种 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 种 (zhǒng / zhòng, "Species (race - type - kinds - seed - courage), To grow (plant)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 种 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 种 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 种 an HSK word?
Yes — 种 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 种?
The dictionary page for 种 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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