Kilo Lingo

种

zhǒng

Traditional: 種

#5048 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

kind, type, sort (measure word for types/varieties)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 种

种

Examples

。

I like this kind of music.

。

He is a special kind of person.

饮yǐn料liào。

I don't like that sort of drink.

。

I like this kind of flower.

茶chá？

Which kind of tea would you like?

种 (zhǒng) is the measure word for kinds, types, or sorts. You pair it with demonstratives and quantifiers to form 这种 (this kind), 那种 (that kind), and 一种 (a kind of).

Related words

那种

that kind of, that sort of

一种

a kind of, a sort of, a type of

这种

this kind of, this type of

Appears in 3 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 种.

这种zhè zhǒngthis kind of, this type of一种yì zhǒnga kind of, a sort of, a type of那种nà zhǒngthat kind of, that sort of

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