典型 diǎnxíng model
model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
How to remember 典型: 典 reference book + 型 pattern = model.
Characters
How it is used
- Typical/representative, or a model case - 典型的例子 (diǎnxíng de lìzi) a typical example; 树立典型 (shùlì diǎnxíng) hold up a model.
- Works as both adjective ('archetypal, textbook') and noun ('a representative case or exemplar').
- Can be positive (a model to emulate) or neutral (a textbook instance of something), read from context.
Example sentences
- 这是典型的。 Zhèshì diǎnxíng de.This is typical.
- 他们是典型的年轻人。 Tāmen shì diǎnxíng de niánqīngrén.They're typical youngsters.