Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
之类
zhīlèi
Description
"之类"用来说"这样的东西"，常常放在几个例子的后面。
"之类" is used to mean "things like this," often placed after several examples.
比如说"水果之类的"，意思是水果这样的东西。
For example, "水果之类的" means things like fruits.
Meanings
之类zhīlèi
and the like; and so on; such as
我喜欢苹果、橘子之类的水果。
I like fruits such as apples and oranges.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
之 (of/this) + 类 (kind/category), literally "this kind".
- Nuance
usually followed by 的; more written than 什么的, which is casual and spoken.
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