Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 类

kind
type
class
category
similar
like
to resemble

to classify
to categorize

bean

insects

rice dishes (on menu)

(botany) fern; bracken; brake

moth (family)

cereal
grain

subtype
subclass

algae

ball sports

(chemistry) aldehyde

domestic animal

fungus

kind
genus
type
category
variety
species
sort
class

butterfly (family)

villain
evil person

finch (family Fringillidae)

to reason by analogy

category

bird species
birds

similar

a living being (esp. human)

animals

clan
race

Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)

category
division

same type
category 1 (i.e. class A)

humanity
human race
mankind

fishes

knives
cutlery

scum of a community
degenerate

to classify

category
kind
class

type; kind; category
(computer programming) type

Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光／司马光 ( Sīmǎ Guāng) et al in 11th century

similar; analogous

(linguistics) part of speech
word class
lexical category

all categories

main type
main class
main category

soup dishes (on menu)

this kind (of)

classification
category

noodle dishes (on menu)

analogy
(Tw) (electronics) analog

meat

bast fiber

birds

different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)

this kind
these kinds
such

sugar (chemistry)

carbohydrate

category
kind

similar
same type
alike

reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)

shellfish
mollusks

and so on
and such

offbeat
alternative
avant-garde
unconventional
weird

crustacean

ichthyology

dinosaur ancestors of birds

Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)

the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs

thecodont (type of reptile that existed in the Permian and Triassic Periods)

hammered string type (of musical instrument)

melioidosis

a civet (arboreal cat)
viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)

Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)

dinosaurs

(zoology) bivalve

língzhǎnglèi

primate (monkey, hominid etc)

mammals
also written 哺乳動物／哺乳动物

hominid

Riwoqê county, Tibetan: Ri bo che rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區／昌都地区 ( Chāngdūdìqū), Tibet

centipedes and millipedes

Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates, such as horses, zebras etc)

(coll.) inkfish; octopus, squid and cuttlefish

inhuman

lèihuángtóng

flavonoid (biochemistry)

(zoology) marsupial

quasar

class Amphibia
amphibians

rodents

arachnid

metalloid (chemistry)

anthropology

characteristic class (math.)

prolate spheroid (math.)

taxonomy
taxology
systematics

carnivorous species

lancelet (Branchiostoma)

resemblance

steroid

reptiles
also written 爬行類／爬行类

organoid (regenerative medicine)

a ledger
a spreadsheet

(math.) congruence class; residue class

toxoid

ornithology
study of birds

ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis

reptiles
also written 爬行動物／爬行动物

category 5
CAT 5 (cable)

the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists

liǎngshēnglèi

class Amphibia

tónglèixiāngxī

Like attracts like.

huàhǔlèiquǎn

to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it

gǔrénlèixué

paleoanthropology

chūlèibácuì

to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
preeminent
outstanding

huóxìngyǎnglèi

activated oxygen species (AOS)

tónglèixiāngshí

cannibalism

hūpéngyǐnlèi

to call up all one's associates
rent-a-crowd

things like this (idiom); and so on
and the rest
etc

fēnlèilǐlùn

classification theory

lìnglèiyīliáo

alternative medicine

lèidìxíngxīng

terrestrial planet

lèiyǔcídiǎn

thesaurus

shēnglèixìtǒng

phonetic system

lèibǐcèlüè

analogy strategies

semantic categorization

rénlèiqǐyuán

origin of mankind

xūwěilèizhēn

false but apparently real

synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology)

similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
Birds of a feather flock together.

chuántǒngcílèi

traditional parts of speech (grammar)

dòngwùfēnlèi

classification of animals

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
to fail utterly in trying to copy something
to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

out of place
inappropriate
incongruous

yǒujiàowúlèi

education for everyone, irrespective of background

fēnménbiélèi

(idiom) to organize by categories; to classify

píngjià-fēnlèi

to assess and classify

xīnxīnrénlèi

new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc)

ruǎngǔyúlèi

cartilaginous fishes
Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays)

daiquirí

rénlèixuéjiā

anthropologist

lèimùxíngxīng

Jovian planet

and so on
in a similar fashion

Lèiwūqíxiàn

Riwoqê county, Tibetan: Ri bo che rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區／昌都地区 ( Chāngdūdìqū), Tibet

fǎnrénlèizuì

crimes against humanity

lèishǔcídiǎn

thesaurus

jiǎkéchónglèi

insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)

chùlèipángtōng

to comprehend (new things) by analogy

jīxiánlèiyuèqì

击弦类乐器

[擊弦類樂器]

hammered string musical instrument

fēnlèihuàhéwù

酚类化合物

[酚類化合物]

(chemistry) phenol

lèifēngshīyīnzǐ

类风湿因子

[類風濕因子]

rheumatoid factor

shòujiǎolèikǒnglóng

兽脚类恐龙

[獸腳類恐龍]

theropod (beast-footed dinosaur group)
suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs

yànwùrénlèizhě

厌恶人类者

[厭惡人類者]

misanthrope

Yǒujiàowúlèifǎ

有教无类法

[有教無類法]

No Child Left Behind Act, USA 2001

bǔrǔlèidòngwù

哺乳类动物

[哺乳類動物]

mammals

pízhìlèigùchún

皮质类固醇

[皮質類固醇]

corticosteroid

héchénglèigùchún

合成类固醇

[合成類固醇]

anabolic steroids

rénlèirǔtūbìngdú

人类乳突病毒

[人類乳突病毒]

human papillomavirus (HPV)

Zhōngguó Niǎolèi Xuéhuì

中国鸟类学会

[中國鳥類學會]

China Ornithological Society

yǒujīlínsuānzhǐlèi

有机磷酸酯类

[有機磷酸酯類]

organophosphate

huángtónglèihuàhéwù

黄酮类化合物

[黃酮類化合物]

flavonoid (chemistry)

yīlèibǎohùdòngwù

一类保护动物

[一類保護動物]

class A protected animal

yánpízhìlèigùchún

盐皮质类固醇

[鹽皮質類固醇]

mineralocorticoid (e.g. aldosterone)

huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn

画虎不成反类犬

[畫虎不成反類犬]

to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it

rénlèijīyīnzǔjìhuà

人类基因组计划

[人類基因組計劃]

Human Genome Project

dānduānbāoméixīlèidúsù

单端孢霉烯类毒素

[單端孢霉烯類毒素]

trichothecenes (TS, T-2)

rénlèimiǎnyìquēxiànbìngdú

人类免疫缺陷病毒

[人類免疫缺陷病毒]

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

wùyǐlèijù,rényǐqúnfēn

物以类聚，人以群分

[物以類聚，人以群分]

Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.

ānjījiǎsuānzhǐlèihuàhéwù

氨基甲酸酯类化合物

[氨基甲酸酯類化合物]

carbamate

lèijīngshénfēnlièxíngréngéwéicháng

类精神分裂型人格违常

[類精神分裂型人格違常]

schizoid personality disorder (SPD)