众人 (zhòng rén) — everyone; many people | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

众人 (zhòngrén) means 'everyone' as a collective, used in written or formal contexts like 众人的智慧. Unlike 大家 (dàjiā), it is a written set phrase, not everyday spoken pronoun.

noun

everyonemany people

Examples

众人。
Wǒ men zhòng rén dōu tóng yì zhè ge jì huà.
All of us agree with this plan.
，众人。
Zài huì yì shàng, zhòng rén tí chū le hěn duō jiàn yì.
At the meeting, many people put forward lots of suggestions.
众人。
Zhè ge wèn tí xū yào zhòng rén de zhì huì lái jiě jué.
This problem requires everyone's wisdom to solve.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

众 conveys many, and 人 conveys people, together meaning everyone or many people.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 眾; 众 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 眾 shows three people under a sun-like shape, meaning a crowd gathered under the sun; the simplified 众 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6 People (General)

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