type in Chinese
lèi xíng ·type; kind; category ·18 strokes HSK 5
type in Chinese is 类型, pronounced lèi xíng.
How to write 类型
Animated stroke order. Tap a character to replay its stroke order.
Stroke order of 类
Stroke order of 型
HSK level
HSK 5类型 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 5. An advanced band: enough to read newspapers and watch films.
类型 in a sentence
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这 是 什 么 类 型 的 书 ？What type of book is this?
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我 喜 欢 这 种 类 型 的 电 影 。I like this type of movie.
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每 种 类 型 都 有 不 同 的 特 点 。Each type has different features.
类型 vs 种 vs 类别
Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.
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种 zhǒng kind; type (measure)
The everyday 'kind of' — 这种 'this kind', 三种颜色 'three kinds of color'. 类型 is formal categorization.
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类别 lèi bié category
A named classification — 商品类别 'product categories'. 类型 emphasizes shared traits of a kind.