观众guān zhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
观众 (guān zhòng) means "spectators," "audience," or "visitors" to an exhibition and similar events. 今天的观众很多 says there is a big audience today, and 观众在等演员出来 says the audience is waiting for the actors to come out. It covers people watching a show, game, or film.
What does 观众 mean?
- 1.
spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)noun
What do the characters in 观众 mean?
- 观to watch
- 众(bound form) crowd; multitude
How do you use 观众?
观众 often follows a show or event + 的, and pairs with 很多 or 都 when describing the whole audience.
Patterns
Event + 的 + 观众
今天的观众很多。
Jīntiān de guānzhòng hěn duō.
There is a big audience today.
观众 + 都 + Verb
观众都笑了。
Guānzhòng dōu xiào le.
The whole audience laughed.
What are some examples of 观众 in a sentence?
How is 观众 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
观众多吗?
Guānzhòng duō ma?
Is the audience big?
- Speaker B:
很多,没有空的座位了。
Hěn duō, méiyǒu kòng de zuòwèi le.
Very big. There are no empty seats left.
- Speaker A:
演员紧张吗?
Yǎnyuán jǐnzhāng ma?
Are the actors nervous?
- Speaker B:
有一点,这是他们第一次表演。
Yǒu yìdiǎn, zhè shì tāmen dì-yī cì biǎoyǎn.
A little. This is their first performance.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.