吃瓜群眾

Chinese

		to be a mere bystander or onlooker	the general public; civilians; crowd of people
trad. (吃瓜群眾)		吃瓜	群眾
simp. (吃瓜群众)		吃瓜	群众
Literally: “melon-eating masses”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīguā qúnzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīguā qúnzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihgua cyúnjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-kua¹ chʻün²-chung⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-gwā chyún-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chygua chyunjonq
    • Palladius: чигуа цюньчжун (čigua cjunʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

Noun

吃瓜群眾

1. (neologism, Internet slang, humorous, often used as self-address) onlookers (who are unaware of the situation); clueless commoners; peanut gallery

   不明真相的吃瓜群眾 [MSC, trad.]
   不明真相的吃瓜群众 [MSC, simp.]

   bùmíng zhēnxiàng de chīguā qúnzhòng [Pinyin]

   the ignorant bystanders

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 鄉民／乡民 (xiāngmín); (Hong Kong) 花生友