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大众

dà zhòng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 大眾

大众 (Dà zhòng) means "Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer); the masses; the great bulk of the population". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 大众 means

1. the masses
2. the great bulk of the population
3. popular (of music, science etc)

Other readings

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

• Dà zhòngVolkswagen (automobile manufacturer)

The characters in 大众

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous

Example sentences

• 我只是个大众脸。
  Wǒ zhǐshì gè dàzhòng liǎn.
  I'm just another man.
• 夏威夷是一个大众化旅游圣地。
  Xiàwēiyí shì yī gè dàzhònghuà lǚyóu shèngdì.
  Hawaii is a popular tourist resort.
• 这位着名的登山家批评大众旅游。
  This famous mountain climber is a critic of mass tourism.
• 他太难为情，在大众人前一句话也说不出来。
  Tā tài nánwéiqíng, zài dàzhòng rén qián yījùhuà yě shuōbuchū lái.
  He was too embarrassed to utter a word in front of the crowd.
• 例如，中国的大众运输毫无疑问地优于英国，但英国的公共福利可能比中国的好。
  Lìrú, Zhōngguó de dàzhòngyùnshū háowúyíwèn de yōuyú Yīngguó, dàn Yīngguó de gōnggòng fúlì kěnéng bǐ Zhōngguó de hǎo.
  For example, China's public transport is without a doubt better than the UK's, but the UK's public welfare may be better than China's.
• Okay。 听我解释。一，是他先动手。二，我身上有重要的东西。三，大众可为我证明当时我劝他别动手。
  Okay. Hear me out. One, he started it. Two, I have important things on me. Three, everyone can testify that at the time, I told him not to hit me.

Words starting with 大众

• 大众化dà zhòng huàmass-oriented; to cater for the masses; popularized
• 大众传播dà zhòng chuán bōmass communication
• 大众部Dà zhòng bùMahasanghika (branch of Buddhism)
• 大众运输dà zhòng yùn shūpublic transport (Tw)
• 大众汽车Dà zhòng qì chēVolkswagen
• 大众捷运dà zhòng jié yùnmass rapid transit MRT

Words containing 大众

• 普罗大众pǔ luó dà zhòngproletariat; abbr. for 普罗列塔利亚; also written 无产阶级

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