HSK 6 · Function Words

众所周知 zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī “as everyone knows” in Chinese

Traditional 眾所周知

What 众所周知 means

  1. as everyone knows
  2. it is well known that
  3. (idiom) as everyone knows

How to say 众所周知

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale众zhòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale所suǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale周zhōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale知zhī1st tone, high and level

众所周知 in a sentence

  1. 众所周知，空气是多种气体的混合体。

    Zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī, kōngqì shì duōzhǒng qìtǐ de hùnhétǐ.

    As everyone knows, air is a mixture of gases.

    Sentence #1565724 from Tatoeba

  2. 他的名字是众所周知的。

    Tā de míngzi shì zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī de.

    His name is known to everyone.

    Sentence #809810 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 众所周知 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 众 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
众zhòngcrowd; multitude
  • 人person · rén
  • 人person · rén
  • 人person · rén
The character 所 (suǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
所suǒactually
  • 户door · hù
  • 斤axe · jīn
The character 周 (zhōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
周zhōuto make a circuit
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 知 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
知zhīto know
  • 矢arrow · shǐSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 矢 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhī.

How to write 众所周知

众 6 strokes · 所 8 strokes · 周 8 strokes · 知 8 strokes

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

Words related to 众所周知

Words with 众

观众guānzhòng · spectators群众qúnzhòng · the masses

Words with 所

所以suǒyǐ · so厕所cèsuǒ · toilet所有suǒyǒu · all所suǒ · (grammar particle introducing a passive or relative clause)无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter场所chǎngsuǒ · place理所当然lǐsuǒdāngrán · naturally力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability

Words with 周

周zhōu · week周末zhōumò · weekend周围zhōuwéi · environs周到zhōudào · thoughtful周年zhōunián · anniversary周期zhōuqī · cycle周边zhōubiān · surrounding周密zhōumì · thorough周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns

Words with 知

知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)通知tōngzhī · to notify知识zhīshi · knowledge知觉zhījué · perception无知wúzhī · ignorant须知xūzhī · notice知足常乐zhīzúchánglè · contentment brings happiness

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哎āi · hey照样zhàoyàng · as usual之际zhījì · at the time of致使zhìshǐ · to cause终究zhōngjiū · after all幢zhuàng · (measure word for buildings)总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short足以zúyǐ · enough to

FAQs

众所周知 (zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī) means “as everyone knows” or “it is well known that”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī: zhòng with a 4th tone, then suǒ with a 3rd tone, then zhōu with a 1st tone, then zhī with a 1st 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, 众所周知 is written 眾所周知. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongsuozhouzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 众所周知 from the suggestions. Typing zhongsuozhouzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
众所周知 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.