He is something of a musician.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
之类
and so on
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
and so on
02
and such
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 之类 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 之类 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The store sells foodstuffs, such as butter, cheese, and sugar.
The store sells foodstuffs, such as butter, cheese, and sugar.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 之类.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 之类.
Directly before
- 砂糖之类2
- 咒语之类1
- 政治之类1
- 音乐家之类1
- 冷气设备之类1
Directly after
- 之类的7
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 之类
What does 之类 mean in Chinese?
之类 (zhīlèi) means and so on.
How do you pronounce 之类?
之类 is pronounced zhīlèi.
Is 之类 an HSK word?
之类 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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