From [twomadexplorers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZpDd1lK-t4&t=1658s&ab_channel=TwoMadExplorers):
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> at 00:17:59
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> so, yeah, we don't really, uh do the Century egg, ***type of a thing***. oh my God, look at these guys. very interesting.

They also frequently use the words "kind of", "sort of", "type of" throughout the video.

> at 00:07:52
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> these, here, walnuts, oh, lots of walnuts, preserved
> stuff, fermented, looks like kimchi cabbage, ***kind of***.

So can I sum it up like this? -"kind of", "sort of", "type of" is like "approximately ", "type of a thing","sort of a thing","kind of a thing" is similar to "something like that", the former indicates the adverb, the latter indicates the noun.