类型 lèixíng type
type; kind; category; (computer programming) type
How to remember 类型: 类 category + 型 pattern = type.
Characters
How it is used
- Type / category / model - 血液类型 (xuèyè lèixíng) blood type; 这种类型的人 this type of person.
- Contrast 种类 (zhǒnglèi, kinds/varieties) and 型号 (xínghào, product model number): 类型 classifies by characteristics (personality types, genres, data types).
Example sentences
- 你做什么类型的工作？ Nǐ zuò shénme lèixíng de gōngzuò?What sort of work do you do?
- 这不是我喜欢的类型。 Zhè búshì wǒ xǐhuān de lèixíng.This isn't the type that I like.