Chinese word

群

Pronunciation

Pinyinqún

Meaning

  • measure wordgroup

Example

他带来了一群朋友。tā dài lái le yì qún péng yǒu

He brought a group of friends.

Illustration for 群 (group)

More examples

街上有一群人在等公交车。jiē shàng yǒu yì qún rén zài děng gōng jiāo chē

There is a group of people waiting for the bus on the street.

Core concept

Many separate beings gathered into one visible whole.

Common phrases

  • 一群人yì qún rén

    a group of people

  • 一群学生yì qún xué shēng

    a group of students

Similar words

队duì: Counts people arranged as a team or in a line for a shared activity.
组zǔ: Counts a set of people or things brought together for a particular task or experiment.
伙huǒ: Counts a group of people who spend time, act, or live together.

Definition in Chinese

指由许多个体聚集在一起形成的整体；可作名词或量词，用于表示一组人、动物或其他可数的集合。zhǐ yóu xǔ duō gè tǐ jù jí zài yì qǐ xíng chéng de zhéng tǐ kě zuò míng cí huò liàng cí yòng yú biǎo shì yì zǔ rén dòng wù huò qí tā kě shù de jí hé

Word origin

群 (qún, "group") contains 羊 (yáng, "sheep"), linking its early sense to sheep gathered together before the word broadened to groups of people, animals, and other countable things.

Usage tips

  • English uses an "of" phrase after the noun for this idea, but Chinese places the measure word directly before the noun after the number.

Other meanings

  • crowdnoun
  • gatheringnoun

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