How to say “audience” in Chinese
audience, spectators
“Audience” in Chinese is 观众, guān zhòng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
观众 is read guān zhòng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the right, 见 — “see”.
Three 人 “people” — a crowd.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “观众”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 观众. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 观众为演员鼓掌。guānzhòngwèiyǎnyuángǔzhǎngThe audience applauds the actors.
- 观众都站2起来为演员鼓掌guānzhòngdōuzhànqǐlaiwèiyǎnyuángǔzhǎngThe whole audience stood up and applauded the actors.
- 他的故事打动了所有的观众tādegùshidǎdònglesuǒyǒudeguānzhòngHis story moved everyone in the audience.
- 下一个出场的是一位著名歌手，观众热烈鼓掌。xiàyígechūchǎngdeshìyíwèizhùmínggēshǒu,guānzhòngrèliègǔzhǎngNext up is a famous singer — the audience applauds warmly.
- 成千上万的观众一起唱歌，场面非常感人。chéngqiānshàngwàndeguānzhòngyìqǐchànggē,chǎngmiànfēichánggǎnrénTens of thousands of spectators singing together — a very moving sight.
- 观众评选出了今年最受欢迎的十首歌曲。guānzhòngpíngxuǎnchūlejīnniánzuìshòuhuānyíngdeshíshǒugēqǔThe audience chose the ten most popular songs of the year.
More words from the lesson “At the theater”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “audience” in Chinese?
“Audience” in Chinese is 观众, pinyin guānzhòng.
What does 观众 mean?
观众 (guānzhòng) means “audience, spectators”.
How do you write 观众?
观众 is 2 characters: 观 (guān) — look, observe; 众 (zhòng) — crowd, many people. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 观众?
观众 is read guānzhòng. Tones: guān — first tone, zhòng — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“audience” in the lesson “At the theater”
This word is from the topic “Art and the stage” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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