Chinese symbol for “type”
式
shì
type; form; pattern; style
The closest CC-CEDICT match for type is 式 (shì), defined as: type; form; pattern; style.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “type”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type |
| 样式 (樣式) | yàng shì | type; style |
| 类 (類) | lèi | kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type |
| 打字 | dǎ zì | to type (using a keyboard, typewriter or phone etc) |
| 型式 | xíng shì | type; pattern |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 式.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 模式 | mó shì | mode; pattern; model |
| 形式 | xíng shì | outer appearance; form |
| 仪式 (儀式) | yí shì | ceremony |
| 公式 | gōng shì | formula |
See also: Japanese symbol for “type”.
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.