类 型 lèi xíng type / category / genre / form / style / (computer programming) type 种 类 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class 样 式 yàng shì type / style 种 zhǒng seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts 菜 cài dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4] / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor 型 号 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) 录 入 lù rù to input (computer) / to type 打 字 dǎ zì to type 型 态 xíng tài form / shape / type / style / pattern 型 式 xíng shì type / pattern / version / style 试 样 shì yàng style / type / model 号 子 hào zi work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm 打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from 铅 字 qiān zì type / movable letters (printing) 式 shì type / form / pattern / style 品 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) 类 lèi kind / type / class / category / similar / like / to resemble 型 xíng mold / type / style / model 这 种 zhè zhǒng this / this kind of / this sort of / this type of 一 种 yī zhǒng one kind of / one type of 那 种 nà zhǒng that / that kind of / that sort of / that type of 新 型 xīn xíng new type / new kind 同 类 tóng lèi similar / same type / alike 大 方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea 笔 记 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] 特 种 tè zhǒng particular kind / special type 语 种 yǔ zhòng language type (in a classification) 语 种 yǔ zhǒng language type (in a classification) 一 类 yī lèi same type / category 1 (i.e. class A) 首 家 shǒu jiā first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc) 大 类 dà lèi main type / main class / main category 验 证 码 yàn zhèng mǎ verification code / CAPTCHA, a type of challenge-response test (computing) 血 型 xuè xíng blood group / blood type 益 智 yì zhì to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine) 小 车 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance 硬 卧 yìng wò hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk) 体 型 tǐ xíng build / body type 良 种 liáng zhǒng improved type / good breed / pedigree 新 式 xīn shì new style / latest type 异 形 yì xíng not the usual type / atypical / heterotype 老 式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated 毕 业 证 书 bì yè zhèng shū (PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書|学位证书[xue2 wei4 zheng4 shu1] / (1981-1985) graduation certificate, which certified that the student graduated, and, if it included a final sentence indicating a degree type, also certified that the student met all the requirements for a degree 相 加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 海 选 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 软 卧 ruǎn wò soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk) 钱 庄 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal 险 种 xiǎn zhǒng insurance type 死 不 了 sǐ bù liǎo Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) 大 钱 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination 汉 白 玉 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting 样 yàng manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type 冬 菇 dōng gū donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap 刻 印 kè yìn to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression 碧 螺 春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 板 楼 bǎn lóu slab type building 坐 便 器 zuò biàn qì pedestal type WC 大 红 袍 dà hóng páo an expensive type of oolong tea 甲 型 jiǎ xíng type A / type I / alpha- 天 珠 tiān zhū dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power 花 鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 消 渴 xiāo kě condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes 活 字 huó zì movable type 纳 豆 nà dòu nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan 功 夫 茶 gōng fu chá very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem 工 夫 茶 gōng fu chá very concentrated type of tea consumed in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan / variant of 功夫茶[gong1 fu5 cha2] 杆 秤 gǎn chèng a steelyard (a type of balance) 纸 型 zhǐ xíng paper matrix in which type is set 毕 升 Bì Shēng Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type 刘 Liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter 蚍 蜉 pí fú a type of large ant 活 版 huó bǎn typography / movable type 瑟 sè a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings 匕 bǐ dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon 铡 zhá lever-style guillotine / to chop using this type of guillotine 枥 lì type of oak / stable (for horses) 裎 chěng an ancient type of clothing 筇 qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff 茆 mǎo type of water plant / (dialect) loess hills 麃 páo (archaic) a type of deer 絓 kuā type of coarse silk / bag used to wrap silk before washing 活 字 印 刷 huó zì yìn shuā printing with movable type 絣 bǐng Ikat, a type of woven silk / Kasuri 脉 象 mài xiàng condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine) 尤 尔 钦 科 Yóu ěr qīn kē Yurchenko (name) / Natalia Yurchenko (1965-), Russian gymnast / Yurchenko, a type of jump-off for vaulting 白 体 bái tǐ lean type 第 二 型 糖 尿 病 dì èr xíng táng niào bìng Type 2 diabetes 第 一 型 糖 尿 病 dì yī xíng táng niào bìng Type 1 diabetes 页 心 yè xīn type page 原 核 细 胞 型 微 生 物 yuán hé xì bāo xíng wēi shēng wù prokaryotic cell type microorganism 萝 卜 糕 luó bo gāo fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake") 丙 型 bǐng xíng type C / type III / gamma- 中 性 粒 细 胞 zhōng xìng lì xì bāo neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell) 乙 型 yǐ xíng type B / type II / beta- 乙 种 yǐ zhǒng beta- or type 2 债 务 担 保 证 券 zhài wù dān bǎo zhèng quàn collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond 债 务 证 券 zhài wù zhèng quàn debt security / collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond 动 能 车 dòng néng chē car with a new type of propulsion system (hybrid, hydrogen-powered etc) 嗜 碱 性 粒 细 胞 shì jiǎn xìng lì xì bāo basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell)