类 (lèi) means Kind (class - type - similar to - resemble). Below are 20 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
他们属于不同的 类 型。
Tāmen shǔyú bùtóng de lèixíng.
They belong to different types.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 类型
这是人 类 的共同问题。
Zhè shì rénlèi de gòngtóng wèntí.
This is a problem for all humanity.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人类
这里水果的种 类 很多。
Zhèlǐ shuǐguǒ de zhǒnglèi hěn duō.
There are many kinds of fruit here.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 种类
这 类 广告已经被取缔。
Zhè lèi guǎnggào yǐjīng bèi qǔdì.
This kind of advertising has been outlawed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 取缔
人 类 一直在探索宇宙。
Rénlèi yìzhí zài tànsuǒ yǔzhòu.
Humanity has always been exploring the universe.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探索
这里的水果种 类 很丰富。
Zhèlǐ de shuǐguǒ zhǒnglèi hěn fēngfù.
There is a rich variety of fruit here.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 丰富
这是另一种 类 型的电影。
Zhè shì lìng yì zhǒng lèixíng de diànyǐng.
This is another type of film.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 类型
中国的方言种 类 非常多。
Zhōngguó de fāngyán zhǒnglèi fēicháng duō.
China has a great many kinds of dialect.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 方言
这两个词的意思很 类 似。
Zhè liǎng ge cí de yìsi hěn lèisì.
The meanings of these two words are very similar.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 类似
鸡蛋和豆 类 都富含蛋白质。
Jīdàn hé dòulèi dōu fùhán dànbáizhì.
Eggs and beans are both rich in protein.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蛋白质
类 似的情况以前也发生过。
Lèisì de qíngkuàng yǐqián yě fāshēng guo.
A similar situation has happened before.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 类似
政府对这 类 商品征收关税。
Zhèngfǔ duì zhè lèi shāngpǐn zhēngshōu guānshuì.
The government levies tariffs on this kind of goods.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 征收
政府正在严厉打击这 类 犯罪。
Zhèngfǔ zhèngzài yánlì dǎjī zhè lèi fànzuì.
The government is cracking down hard on this kind of crime.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 打击
这 类 纠纷最好通过协商解决。
Zhè lèi jiūfēn zuì hǎo tōngguò xiéshāng jiějué.
Disputes like this are best settled by negotiation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纠纷
请把文件分 类 ,便于以后查找。
Qǐng bǎ wénjiàn fēnlèi, biànyú yǐhòu cházhǎo.
Please sort the documents so that they are easy to find later.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 便于
这片森林里飞禽走兽种 类 繁多。
Zhè piàn sēnlín lǐ fēiqínzǒushòu zhǒnglèi fánduō.
This forest holds a great variety of birds and beasts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 飞禽走兽
人 类 第一次进入太空是在上世纪。
Rénlèi dì yī cì jìnrù tàikōng shì zài shàng shìjì.
Humans first entered space in the last century.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 太空
这 类 问题层出不穷,必须从制度上解决。
Zhè lèi wèntí céng chū bù qióng, bìxū cóng zhìdù shang jiějué.
Problems like this keep cropping up and must be solved at the level of the system.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 层出不穷
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Words that contain 类
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Questions about 类
How is 类 used in a sentence?
This page shows 20 sentences using 类 (lèi, "Kind (class - type - similar to - resemble)"), 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 类 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 类 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 类 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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