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lèi
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English Definitionkind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble
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Pinyinlèi
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(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)leoi6
Part of Speech(名) noun, (量) measure word
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=3 TOCFL=4

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类似lèisìsimilar; analogous
类型lèixíngtype; category; genre; form; style
类别lèibiéclassification; category
类似于lèisì yúto be of the same sort as
类比lèibǐanalogy; (Tw) (electronics) analog
Words With Same Tail Word    
人类rénlèihumanity; human race; mankind
种类zhǒnglèikind; genus; type; category; variety; species; sort; class
之类zhīlèiand so on; and such
各类gèlèiall categories
分类fēnlèiclassification
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