Chinese symbol for “subtype”
亚型
yà xíng
Traditional: 亞型
subtype; subcategory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subtype is 亚型 (yà xíng), defined as: subtype; subcategory.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subtype”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 亚型.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南亚 (南亞) | nán Yà | southern Asia |
| 亚军 (亞軍) | yà jūn | second place (in a sports contest); runner-up |
| 亚热带 (亞熱帶) | yà rè dài | subtropical (zone or climate) |
| 亚科 (亞科) | yà kē | subfamily (taxonomy) |
| 路亚 (路亞) | lù yà | (loanword) lure fishing |
| 亚麻 (亞麻) | yà má | flax |
| 大型 | dà xíng | large; large-scale |
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subtype”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.