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观众 guānzhòng “spectators” in Chinese

Traditional 觀眾

What 观众 means

  1. spectators
  2. audience
  3. visitors (to an exhibition etc)

How to say 观众

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale众zhòng4th tone, falling

观众 in a sentence

  1. 所有的观众都站起来鼓掌。

    Suǒyǒu de guānzhòng dōu zhàn qǐlai gǔzhǎng.

    The whole audience stood up and applauded.

    Sentence #2394584 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 因为下雨了，球场上没有很多观众。

    Yīnwèi xiàyǔ le, qiúchǎng shàng méiyǒu hěn duō guānzhòng.

    There weren’t many spectators at the game because of the rain.

    Sentence #3579562 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 观众深受感动。

    Guānzhòng shēnshòu gǎndòng.

    The audience was deeply moved.

    Sentence #336430 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 观众 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 观 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
观guānto look at
  • 又again · yòu
  • 见to see · jiàn
The character 众 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
众zhòngcrowd; multitude
  • 人person · rén
  • 人person · rén
  • 人person · rén

How to write 观众

观 6 strokes · 众 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

观众 (guānzhòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 观众 (guānzhòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 观众

Words with 观

参观cānguān · to look around观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion悲观bēiguān · pessimistic客观kèguān · objective乐观lèguān · optimistic主观zhǔguān · subjective可观kěguān · considerable美观měiguān · attractive

Words with 众

群众qúnzhòng · the masses众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

More words: Everyday Things

方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction公里gōnglǐ · kilometre过程guòchéng · course of events好处hǎochu · benefit号码hàomǎ · number盒子hézi · box

FAQs

观众 (guānzhòng) means “spectators” or “audience”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it guānzhòng: guān with a 1st tone, then zhòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 观众 is written 觀眾. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanzhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 观众 from the suggestions. Typing guanzhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
观众 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.