之類

See also: 之类

Chinese

		's; him/her/it; this	kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (之類)		之	類
simp. (之类)		之	类

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīlèi

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ leoi⁶ / zi¹ leoi^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-lūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīlèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄌㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihlèi
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-lei⁴
  - Yale: jr̄-lèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyley
  - Palladius: чжилэй (čžilɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ leoi⁶ / zi¹ leoi^6-2
  - Yale: jī leuih / jī léui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ loey⁶ / dzi¹ loey^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ lêu⁶ / ji¹ lêu^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-lūi
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-luī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cilui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² lui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ lui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² lui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/

Noun

之類

things like; such like; and the like
中國之類的發展中國家 [MSC, trad.]
中国之类的发展中国家 [MSC, simp.]
Zhōngguó zhīlèi de fāzhǎnzhōng guójiā [Pinyin]
developing countries like China
(derogatory) and the like; and others of that ilk

Usage notes

Used as a suffix in the form of "X 之類／之类 (zhīlèi)" meaning "things like X" or "such as X", or at the end of a sentence preceding 的 (de) meaning "and things like that".

Synonyms

(and others of that ilk): 之流 (zhīliú)