Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- lèi
English
- class, group, kind, category
- kind; type; class; category
- type; variety
- (classifier) kind; type
- (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
粵語
- 性質、特徵相近嘅個體嘅組合
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 類
- 類型leoi6 jing4
type; kind; category
- 人類jan4 leoi6
humanity
- 類似leoi6 ci5
similar; analogous
- 分類fan1 leoi6
to classify
- 之類zi1 leoi2
and so on
- 種類zung2 leoi6
kind
- 類別leoi6 bit6
classification
- 同類tung4 leoi6
similar
- 類同leoi6 tung4
to resemble; to be similar to
- 另類ling6 leoi6
offbeat
- 詞類ci4 leoi6
(linguistics) part of speech
- 歸類gwai1 leoi6
to classify
- 類比leoi6 bei2
analogy
- 敗類baai6 leoi6
scum of a community
- 異類ji6 leoi6
different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)
- 類推leoi6 teoi1
to reason by analogy
- 人類學jan4 leoi6 hok6
anthropology
- 魚類jyu4 leoi6
fishes
- 類金屬leoi6 gam1 suk6
metalloid (chemistry)
- 鳥類niu5 leoi6
birds
- 麵類min6 leoi6
noodle dishes (on menu)
- 聲類sing1 leoi6
Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)
- 族類zuk6 leoi6
clan
- 刀類dou1 leoi6
knives