各种

zhǒng

Traditional: 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

Stroke order for 各

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Examples

There are all kinds of fruit in the shop.

He ran into various difficulties.

We tried all sorts of methods.

There are all kinds of books here.

cài

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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This word is part of lesson 39.