HSK 6 · Society

群众 qúnzhòng “the masses” in Chinese

Traditional 群眾

What 群众 means

  1. the masses
  2. the public
  3. mass
  4. multitude

How to say 群众

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale群qún2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale众zhòng4th tone, falling

群众 in a sentence

  1. 这部电影很受群众欢迎。

    Zhè bù diànyǐng hěn shòu qúnzhòng huānyíng.

    This film is very popular with the public.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个节目听取了很多群众的意见。

    Zhè ge jiémù tīngqǔ le hěn duō qúnzhòng de yìjiàn.

    This programme took on board the views of many ordinary people.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 群众 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 群 (qún) with each of its parts in a different colour
群qúngroup
  • 君sovereign · jūnSound part
  • 羊sheep · yángMeaning part

羊 hints at the meaning (sheep); 君 (jūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with qún.

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 群众

群 13 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.

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

Words related to 群众

Words with 群

群qún · group

Words with 众

观众guānzhòng · spectators众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

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FAQs

群众 (qúnzhòng) means “the masses” or “the public”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qúnzhòng: qún with a 2nd 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, 群众 is written 群眾. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qunzhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 群众 from the suggestions. Typing qunzhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
群众 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.