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众

zhòng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 眾

What 众 means

1. bound formcrowd; multitude
2. bound formmany; numerous

Other readings

众 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhòngvariant of {众|zhòng}
• Zhòngabbr. for {众议院|Zhòng yì yuàn}, House of Representatives

Example sentences

• 众口难调。
  It is difficult to satisfy everyone.
• 法不责众。
  Everybody's business is nobody's business.
• 众人犹豫。
  Everyone hesitated.
• 众人鼓掌。
  Everybody applauded.
• 观众人数庞大。
  Guānzhòng rénshù pángdà.
  The audience was very large.
• 观众深受感动。
  The audience was deeply affected.

Words starting with 众

• 众所周知zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī(idiom) as everyone knows
• 众人zhòng réneveryone
• 众多zhòng duōnumerous
• 众生zhòng shēngall living things
• 众目睽睽zhòng mù kuí kuí(idiom) (under) the public eye; the stares of many people
• 众说纷纭zhòng shuō fēn yúnopinions differ (idiom)
• 众议员zhòng yì yuánmember of the House of Representatives
• 众议院Zhòng yì yuànlower house of bicameral assembly; House of Representatives (USA); Chamber of Deputies
• 众包zhòng bāocrowdsourcing; abbr. for 群众外包
• 众数zhòng shù(statistics) mode
• 众望zhòng wàngpeople's expectations
• 众说zhòng shuōvarious ideas; diverse opinions
• 众创空间zhòng chuàng kōng jiānhackerspace; hacklab; makerspace
• 众口同声zhòng kǒu tóng shēng(of people) to be of one voice (idiom); unanimous
• 众口难调zhòng kǒu nán tiáoit's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
• 众筹zhòng chóucrowdfunding
• 众智zhòng zhìcrowd knowledge; collective wisdom
• 众志成城zhòng zhì chéng chéngunity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
• 众香子zhòng xiāng ziallspice; Jamaican pepper (Pimenta dioica)
• 众望所归zhòng wàng suǒ guī(idiom) to enjoy popular support; to receive general approval
• 众人敬仰zhòng rén jìng yǎnguniversally admired; highly esteemed by everyone
• 众叛亲离zhòng pàn qīn lílit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom); fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
• 众怒zhòng nùpublic anger; public outrage
• 众怒难犯zhòng nù nán fàn(idiom) one cannot afford to incur public wrath; it is dangerous to incur the anger of…

Words containing 众

• 观众guān zhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
• 群众qún zhòngmass; multitude; the masses
• 民众mín zhòngthe populace; the masses; the common people
• 大众dà zhòngthe masses; the great bulk of the population; popular (of music, science etc)
• 公众gōng zhòngpublic
• 听众tīng zhòngaudience; listeners
• 与众不同yǔ zhòng bù tóng(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
• 当众dāng zhòngin public; in front of everybody
• 出众chū zhòngto stand out; outstanding
• 受众shòu zhòngrecipients (of information, media etc); audience
• 大众化dà zhòng huàmass-oriented; to cater for the masses; popularized
• 大庭广众dà tíng guǎng zhòng(idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by 在
• 示众shì zhòngto publicly expose
• 哗众取宠huá zhòng qǔ chǒngsensationalism; vulgar claptrap to please the crowds; playing to the gallery
• 芸芸众生yún yún zhòng shēngevery living being (Buddhism); the mass of common people
• 群众性qún zhòng xìngto do with the masses; mass (meeting, movement etc)
• 聚众jù zhòngto gather a crowd; to muster
• 从众cóng zhòngto follow the crowd; to conform
• 群众组织qún zhòng zǔ zhīcommunal organization
• 大众传播dà zhòng chuán bōmass communication
• 乌合之众wū hé zhī zhòng(idiom) rabble; disorderly band
• 信众xìn zhòngbelievers; worshippers
• 合众hé zhòngmass; involving everyone; united
• 小众xiǎo zhòngminority of the population; non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc); niche (market etc)

Characters built on 从

These share the phonetic component 从 (cóng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 纵zòngvertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. zōng); from front to back; longitudinal…
• 丛cóngcluster; collection; collection of books
• 耸sǒngto excite; to raise up; to shrug
• 怂sǒngused in 怂恿; (literary) terrified
• 疭zòngused in 瘛疭
• 枞cōngfir tree
• 苁cōngBoschniakia glabra

Characters that look like 众

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 业yèline of business; industry; occupation
• 农nóng(bound form) agriculture
• 杂zámixed; miscellaneous; various
• 戍shùgarrison
• 劦lièunending exertion

Sounds the same

Read zhòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 重heavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 种to plant; to grow; to cultivate
• 仲second month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 中to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
• 乑to stand side by side; variant of 众
• 茽vegetation growing thickly
• 蚛(literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble; to bite; worm-eaten
• 狆Pekingese
• 㐺old variant of 众