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  *类* | 类* | *类
kind; type; class; category / (classifier) kind; type / (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
HSK 3
similar; analogous
HSK 3
humanity / human race / mankind
HSK 3
type; kind; category / (computer programming) type
HSK 4
kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class
HSK 4
to classify
HSK 5
and so on / and such
HSK 6
similar / same type / alike
HSK 7-9
classification / category
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
to classify / to categorize
same type / category 1 (i.e. class A)
sugar (chemistry)
offbeat / alternative / avant-garde / unconventional / weird
fungus
category / kind
all categories
fishes
meat
birds
category / kind / class
algae
to reason by analogy
and so on / in a similar fashion
bean
(idiom) to organize by categories; to classify
ball sports
different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)
analogy / (Tw) (electronics) analog
animals
reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
similar things come together (idiom); like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together.
scum of a community / degenerate
to excel the common (idiom); surpassing / preeminent / outstanding
(linguistics) part of speech / word class / lexical category
cereal / grain
(botany) fern; bracken; brake
bird species / birds
shellfish / mollusks
clan / race
steroid
education for everyone, irrespective of background
out of place / inappropriate / incongruous
the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
to comprehend (new things) by analogy
category / division
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
a living being (esp. human)
to call up all one's associates / rent-a-crowd
this kind (of)
category
Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光 et al in 11th century
(chemistry) aldehyde
soup dishes (on menu)
subtype / subclass
scaly wing / Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
rice dishes (on menu)
similar
anthropologist
Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
noodle dishes (on menu)
carbohydrate
origin of mankind
flavonoid (chemistry)
reptiles / also written 爬行動物|爬行动物
taxonomy / taxology / systematics
classification of animals
organoid (regenerative medicine)
quasar
(zoology) bivalve
terrestrial planet
theropod (beast-footed dinosaur group) / suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs
category 5 / CAT 5 (cable)
Jovian planet
a ledger / a spreadsheet
corticosteroid
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
class Amphibia / amphibians
No Child Left Behind Act, USA 2001
anthropology
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
crimes against humanity
ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
rodents
centipedes and millipedes
this kind / these kinds / such
the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs
Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)
toxoid
schizoid personality disorder (SPD)
carnivorous species
class A protected animal
China Ornithological Society
human papillomavirus (HPV)
Human Genome Project
Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
(biology) class Amphibia
knives / cutlery
classification theory

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