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观众 meaning in English

guānzhòng

spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)

HSK 3nounTraditional 觀眾12 strokes

Meaning of 观众

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guānzhòng
  1. spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)

How to use 观众

观众 is used for people watching a show, a game, a film, or TV, and also for visitors to an exhibition. It is a collective noun, so you can say 很多观众 for many audience members. Example: 观众都站起来鼓掌。(Guānzhòng dōu zhàn qǐlái gǔzhǎng.) The audience all stood up and applauded.

观 (guān) means to look, and 众 (zhòng) is three 人 (rén) people stacked together, meaning a crowd. A crowd of people who look is an audience.

Common mistake: Learners often write 众 with only two 人, which confuses it with 从 (cóng). Make sure the top 人 sits over two smaller 人 below.

观众 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

观guān众zhòng似sì乎hū觉jué得de无wú聊liáo。
The audience seems to feel bored.
观guān众zhòng深shēn受shòu感gǎn动dòng。
The audience was deeply affected.
尽jǐn管guǎn如rú此cǐ，观guān众zhòng中zhōng仍réng有yǒu些xiē人rén不bù满mǎn意yì这zhè个ge结jié果guǒ。
However, some people in the audience were not pleased with the results.
观guān众zhòng们men为wèi他tā的de付fù出chū的de努nǔ力lì而ér鼓gǔ掌zhǎng。
The audience applauded his efforts.
因yīn为wèi下xià雨yǔ了le，球qiú场chǎng上shàng没méi有yǒu很hěn多duō观guān众zhòng。
There weren't many spectators at the game because of the rain.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

观 guān · to observe · 6 strokes

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众 zhòng · multitude · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 观众.

观点guāndiǎnpoint of view; viewpoint
参观cānguānto visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around
观察guāncháto observe; to watch; to survey
观看guānkànto watch; to view
乐观lèguānoptimistic; hopeful
观念guānniànnotion; thought
听众tīngzhòngaudience; listeners
客观kèguānobjective; impartial
大众dàzhòngthe masses; the great bulk of the population
众多zhòngduōnumerous
群众qúnzhòngmass; multitude
主观zhǔguānsubjective

Questions about 观众

What does 观众 mean?

观众 (guānzhòng) means "spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 观众?

观众 is made of 2 characters: 观 (6 strokes), 众 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 观众 an HSK word?

Yes. 观众 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 观众 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 观众 is written 觀眾.

What is the difference between 观众 and 听众?

观众 (guānzhòng) are people who watch, like at a film, play, or sports match. 听众 (tīngzhòng) are people who listen, like a radio audience or people at a lecture or concert.

Can I use 观众 to mean one person?

Yes. You can say 一位观众 (yí wèi guānzhòng) for one audience member. The polite measure word 位 is common here, and 名 or 个 also appear.

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