"Kind" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class
 rén cí benevolent / charitable / kind / kindly / kindness / merciful
 zhǒng seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts
 lù road / CL:條|条[tiao2] / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind
 hòu thick / deep or profound / kind / generous / rich or strong in flavor / to favor / to stress
 mén lèi category / kind / class
 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
 lèi kind / type / class / category / similar / like / to resemble
 bān sort / kind / class / way / manner
 cí compassionate / gentle / merciful / kind / humane
 kǎi joyful / kind
 zhè yàng this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
 zhè zhǒng this / this kind of / this sort of / this type of
 gè zhǒng every kind of / all kinds of / various kinds
 yī zhǒng one kind of / one type of
 zěn yàng how / what kind
 nà yàng that kind / that sort
 nà zhǒng that / that kind of / that sort of / that type of
 yī tào suit / a set / a collection / of the same kind / the same old stuff / set pattern of behavior
 shén me yàng what kind? / what sort? / what appearance?
 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind
 xīn xíng new type / new kind
 mǒu zhǒng some kind (of)
 zhè lèi this kind (of)
 cǐ lèi this kind / these kinds / such
 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare
 lìng yī zhǒng another kind
 tè zhǒng particular kind / special type
 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics)
 hòu dao kind and honest / generous / sincere
 shǒu kuǎn to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)
 hé děng what kind? / how, what / somewhat
 sān tiáo three of a kind (poker)
 zhuān guì sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
 bié yàng different kind of / another sort of / special / unusual
 sì tiáo four of a kind / quads (poker)
 wàn bān every kind / manifold / extremely
 xíng xíng sè sè all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of
 hǎo huà friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
 gōng zhǒng kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)
 dǐng lì (honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help
 yì lèi different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)
 jué wú jǐn yǒu one and only (idiom) / rarely seen / unique of its kind
 jù quán every kind / every variety under the sun / a complete gamut
 chún hòu mellow and rich / simple and kind
 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor
 gòu yì si wonderful / great / delightful / very kind / generous
 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent
 wèi láo to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc) / to comfort
 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) / CL:孔[kong3]
 dù zhòng eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)
 yàng manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type
 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop
 bǎi shòu all creatures / every kind of animal
 nu:3 ér hóng kind of Chinese wine
 hú lú sī hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
 xián huì (of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles
 chún hòu pure and honest / simple and kind
 wēn liáng warm and kind
 yuán zi kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball
 zhū yú Cornus officinalis (Japanese cornel dogwood, a kind of herb)
 tài jí jiàn a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
 wō wo tóu a kind of a bread
 jiàn zi a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock
 huài zhǒng bad kind / scoundrel
 bāo gān zhì a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
 fān foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance) / classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc) / classifier for situations: kind, sort
 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / whitewash / white / pink / fan (suffix) (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]) / to be a fan of
 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague
 dēng large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat
 náng a kind of a flat bread
 huán a kind of reed
 bù a kind of vase (old) / see 安瓿[an1 bu4]
 lì a kind of monkey
 wéi a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon
 tuó catfish / a kind of small fish / Chinese alligator
 xiǎn a kind of dog with a long snout / see 獫狁|猃狁[Xian3 yun3]
 xī a kind of water bird resembling a duck
 chì a kind of waterbird
 tí a kind of hawk
 ruò young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail
 jiāo kind of cicada, cosmopsaltria
 ráng a kind of wild ginger
 mèi a kind of bamboo
 cáo (a kind of herb)
 xiāng qīn xiāng ài to be kind and love one another (idiom) / bound by deep emotions
 lè shàn hào shī kind and charitable
 cí méi shàn mù kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / amiable looking / benign-faced
 biāo kind of raspberry
 wǔ inferior gem / a kind of jade
 shū a kind of sackcloth
 qián wú gǔ rén hòu wú lái zhě to surpass all others of its kind before and since / to have neither predecessors nor successors
 huì ér bù fèi a kind act that costs nothing
 cí méi shàn yǎn kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / amiable looking / benign-faced
 wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràng temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous
 jié cǎo xián huán to repay sb's kind acts (idiom)
 lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
 jiāo a kind of aquatic bird
 nǎ mén zi (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth
 wō xīn aggrieved / dejected / (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc / to feel gratified / to feel warm inside
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