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人类

rén lèi

HSK 3 · word 1818 of 3,000

Meaning

• humanity
• human race
• mankind

Example sentence

Characters in 人类

• 人 rén person; people
• 类 lèi kind; type; class; category

人 person plus 类, a category. The human category, hence humankind.

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