听众
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
听众 (tīngzhòng) · audience
听众 (tīngzhòng) means “audience; listeners”. It is written with 2 characters: 听 (to listen) + 众 (multitude). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 听众 is built
The characters
听 tīng · to listen
What 听 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 斤jīn — a catty (about 500 grams)
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 下xià — down
Origin hint: Words 口 reaching an ear 斤 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
众 zhòng · multitude
What 众 is made of
- 人rén — person
- 人rén — person
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: Three people 人 representing a crowd (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
听众都很喜欢这首歌。Tīngzhòng dōu hěn xǐhuan zhè shǒu gē.The listeners all love this song.
今天来了多少听众？Jīntiān lái le duōshao tīngzhòng?How many people came to listen today?
Questions about 听众
What does 听众 mean?
听众 (tīngzhòng) means “audience; listeners”.
How do you pronounce 听众?
听众 is pronounced tīngzhòng.
Which HSK level is 听众?
听众 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 听到tīngdàoto hear
- 听见tīngjiànto hear
- 听写tīngxiědictation
- 难听nántīngunpleasant to hear
- 听讲tīngjiǎngto listen to a lecture
- 听说tīngshuōto hear
- 打听dǎtingto ask about
- 收听shōutīngto listen to (the radio)
- 听力tīnglìlistening (skill)
Learn 听众 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 31: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.