各种
gèzhǒngTraditional: 各種
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Translation
all kinds of, various, every sort of
Word origin
A compound of 各 (gè, each, every) and 种 (zhǒng, kind, type), meaning every kind or various sorts.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 各 (gè, each) + 种 (zhǒng, kind)
Stroke order
各
种
Examples
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There are all kinds of fruit in the shop.
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He ran into various difficulties.
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We tried all sorts of methods.
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There are all kinds of books here.
菜。
She can cook various Chinese dishes.
各种 (gè zhǒng) means all kinds of or various, used before a noun to cover a range of types. It often expands to 各种各样 for extra emphasis.
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