zung1眾众
Jyutpingzung1
Yalejūng
Definition
A crowd, the masses, or a multitude of people.
writtenpeople
How it's used
Functions primarily as a bound morpheme in modern Cantonese rather than a standalone noun. It appears most naturally in compound words like 大眾 or 眾人 to denote a collective group. Using it alone to mean 'crowd' sounds archaic or overly formal, as speakers prefer terms like 好多人 or 班人 in daily speech.
Examples
There are so many people here, who are you looking for?
The general public really likes eating at this restaurant.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using 眾 as a direct substitute for 'people' in casual conversation. It is not a classifier or a plural marker, so it cannot be used like 啲人.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
