觀眾

See also: 观众, 観衆, and 觀衆

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	numerous; multitude; crowd
trad. (觀眾/觀衆)		觀	眾/衆
simp. (观众)		观	众

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gun¹ zung³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gon¹ zuung^1*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-chung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koan-chiòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ zêng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-chung⁴
    • Yale: gwān-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanjonq
    • Palladius: гуаньчжун (guanʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ zung³
    • Yale: gūn jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gon¹ zuung^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kᵘɔn³³ t͡sɵŋ³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-chung
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon´ zung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ zung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koancioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang¹ zêng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang tsèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡seŋ²¹³/

Noun

觀眾

1. (countable) audience; spectator (Classifier: 名 m; 位 m)

   一位觀眾／一位观众  ―  yī wèi guānzhòng  ―  a member of the audience

Usage notes

觀眾／观众 (guānzhòng) and 聽眾／听众 (tīngzhòng) are different; 觀眾／观众 (guānzhòng) refers to an audience which is directly watching a public event, such as spectators at a stadium, while 聽眾／听众 (tīngzhòng) refers to a listening audience, such as a group of radio listeners.

Synonyms

• 受眾／受众 (shòuzhòng)
• 念家 (“reader”) (Dungan)
• 接受方 (jiēshòufāng)
• 接受者 (jiēshòuzhě)
• 看官 (kànguān, “readers, listeners or members of an audience”) (literary, honorific)
• 聽眾／听众 (tīngzhòng, “listeners”)
• 讀者／读者 (dúzhě, “reader”)
• 讀者群／读者群 (dúzhěqún, “readership”)