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qún
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. group
  2. 2. crowd
  3. 3. flock, herd, pack etc

Example Sentences

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眾從觀眾席上湧了出來。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 337239)

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Words Containing 群

鱼群
yú qún

shoal of fish

群花
qún huā

blossom

植物群
zhí wù qún

flora

群龙无首
qún lóng wú shǒu

lit. a thunder of dragons without a head

种群
zhǒng qún

population (of a species)

群震
qún zhèn

earthquake swarm

群论
qún lùn

group theory (math.)

法罗群岛
fǎ luó qún dǎo

Faroe Islands

皮特凯恩群岛
pí tè kǎi ēn qún dǎo

Pitcairn Islands

科隆群岛
kē lóng qún dǎo

Galapagos Islands

生物群
shēng wù qún

biota

奥兰群岛
ào lán qún dǎo

Åland Islands, Finland

马德拉群岛
mǎ dé lā qún dǎo

Madeira

群众组织
qún zhòng zǔ zhī

communal organization

群马县
qún mǎ xiàn

Gumma prefecture in northern Japan

群集
qún jí

to gather

福克兰群岛
fú kè lán qún dǎo

Falkland Islands

彩虹族群
cǎi hóng zú qún

the LGBT+ community

卓尔不群
zhuó ěr bù qún

standing above the common crowd (idiom); outstanding

结队成群
jié duì chéng qún

to form a large group (idiom)

群架
qún jià

group scuffle

海峡群岛
hǎi xiá qún dǎo

Channel Islands

群言堂
qún yán táng

letting everyone have their say

特克斯和凯科斯群岛
tè kè sī hé kǎi kē sī qún dǎo

Turks and Caicos Islands

群众性
qún zhòng xìng

to do with the masses

主车群
zhǔ chē qún

peloton (main group of riders in a bicycle race)

群发性头痛
qún fā xìng tóu tòng

cluster headache

社群
shè qún

community

群众大会
qún zhòng dà huì

mass rally

有限群
yǒu xiàn qún

finite group (math.)

古墓葬群
gǔ mù zàng qún

(archeology) burial complex

群岛弧
qún dǎo hú

island arc (geology)

群嘲
qún cháo

(neologism c. 2011) to deride a group of people

星群
xīng qún

(astronomy) asterism

代数群
dài shù qún

algebraic group (math.)

产业集群
chǎn yè jí qún

industrial cluster

吃瓜群众
chī guā qún zhòng

peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)

句群
jù qún

discourse

喜群飞
xǐ qún fēi

gregarious (ornithology)

马里亚纳群岛
mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo

Mariana Islands in the Pacific

卓乎不群
zhuó hū bù qún

standing out from the common crowd (idiom); outstanding

群交
qún jiāo

group sex

浮冰群
fú bīng qún

ice pack

慢性疲劳症候群
màn xìng pí láo zhèng hòu qún

chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

牧群
mù qún

herd of sheep

傲视群伦
ào shì qún lún

outstanding talent (idiom)

设得兰群岛
shè dé lán qún dǎo

Shetland Islands

吉尔伯特群岛
jí ěr bó tè qún dǎo

Gilbert Islands

加罗林群岛
jiā luó lín qún dǎo

Caroline Islands

群雄逐鹿
qún xióng zhú lù

great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy

群众外包
qún zhòng wài bāo

crowdsourcing

成群结队
chéng qún jié duì

making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers

消费群
xiāo fèi qún

consumer group

加拉巴哥斯群岛
jiā lā bā gē sī qún dǎo

Galapagos Islands

群发
qún fā

to send to multiple recipients; mass mailout

群众路线
qún zhòng lù xiàn

the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses

正常菌群
zhèng cháng jūn qún

microbiome

变换群
biàn huàn qún

(math.) transformation group

正交群
zhèng jiāo qún

orthogonal group (math.)

敬业乐群
jìng yè lè qún

diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues

群众
qún zhòng

mass

建筑群
jiàn zhù qún

building complex

群飞
qún fēi

to fly as a flock or swarm

群起而攻之
qún qǐ ér gōng zhī

the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea.

中沙群岛
zhōng shā qún dǎo

Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island

加那利群岛
jiā nà lì qún dǎo

Canary Islands

群山
qún shān

mountains

阿留申群岛
ā liú shēn qún dǎo

Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)

菌群
jūn qún

microbiota; microbiome

群体性事件
qún tǐ xìng shì jiàn

mass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and petition campaigns)

马尔维纳斯群岛
mǎ ěr wéi nà sī qún dǎo

Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)

群组
qún zǔ

group

大安的列斯群岛
dà ān dì liè sī qún dǎo

Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago

中国餐馆症候群
zhōng guó cān guǎn zhèng hòu qún

Chinese restaurant syndrome

美属维尔京群岛
měi shǔ wéi ěr jīng qún dǎo

United States Virgin Islands (USVI)

高发人群
gāo fā rén qún

high-risk group (med.)

千岛群岛
qiān dǎo qún dǎo

Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia

集群
jí qún

clan

超群
chāo qún

surpassing

航空母舰战斗群
háng kōng mǔ jiàn zhàn dòu qún

carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG)

母群体
mǔ qún tǐ

(statistics) population

摩鹿加群岛
mó lù jiā qún dǎo

Maluku Islands, Indonesia

造福社群
zào fú shè qún

to benefit the community

化石群
huà shí qún

fossil assemblage

群众演员
qún zhòng yǎn yuán

extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene)

狐群狗党
hú qún gǒu dǎng

a skulk of foxes, a pack of dogs (idiom)

细菌群
xì jūn qún

bacterial community (e.g. in the gut)

琉球群岛
liú qiú qún dǎo

Ryukyu Islands

干群
gàn qún

cadres and masses

蜂群
fēng qún

bee colony

冲绳群岛
chōng shéng qún dǎo

the Okinawa archipelago

害群之马
hài qún zhī mǎ

lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)

马绍尔群岛
mǎ shào ěr qún dǎo

Marshall Islands

群落
qún luò

community

英属维尔京群岛
yīng shǔ wéi ěr jīng qún dǎo

British Virgin Islands

功能群
gōng néng qún

functional group

群聊
qún liáo

(computing) group chat; to have a group chat

伊通火山群
yī tōng huǒ shān qún

Yitong volcanic area in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin

群租
qún zū

to rent to multiple co-tenants, esp. where the number of tenants exceeds what the dwelling is fit to accommodate (i.e. involving subdivision of rooms etc)

物以类聚,人以群分
wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn

Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.

巴坦群岛
bā tǎn qún dǎo

Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines

墓葬群
mù zàng qún

burial complex (archaeology)

症候群
zhèng hòu qún

syndrome

族群
zú qún

ethnic group

子群
zǐ qún

subgroup (math.)

埃加迪群岛
āi jiā dí qún dǎo

Aegadian Islands near Sicily, Italy

舟山群岛
zhōu shān qún dǎo

Zhoushan Island

群峰
qún fēng

the peaks of a mountain range

群发性地震
qún fā xìng dì zhèn

earthquake swarm

李群
lǐ qún

Lie group (math.)

群英
qún yīng

assemblage of talented individuals

战斗群
zhàn dòu qún

battle group

退群
tuì qún

to withdraw from a group

马利亚纳群岛
mǎ lì yà nà qún dǎo

Mariana Islands in the Pacific

塞舌尔群岛
sài shé ěr qún dǎo

the Seychelles

并系群
bìng xì qún

paraphyletic group

火地群岛
huǒ dì qún dǎo

Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia

人群管理特别用途车
rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chē

specialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water cannon, commonly known as water cannon vehicle 水炮車|水炮车[shuǐ pào chē]

西南中沙群岛
xī nán zhōng shā qún dǎo

Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan

群岛
qún dǎo

group of islands

安达曼群岛
ān dá màn qún dǎo

Andaman Islands

巴布延群岛
bā bù yán qún dǎo

Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines

群聚
qún jù

to gather

南沙群岛
nán shā qún dǎo

Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam

开曼群岛
kāi màn qún dǎo

Cayman Islands

亚速尔群岛
yà sù ěr qún dǎo

Azores Islands

群芳
qún fāng

all flowers

群众团体
qún zhòng tuán tǐ

mass (non-government) organization

弱势群体
ruò shì qún tǐ

disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped)

汤加群岛
tāng jiā qún dǎo

Tonga

加拉帕戈斯群岛
jiā lā pà gē sī qún dǎo

Galapagos Islands

成群
chéng qún

in groups

客群
kè qún

market segment

所罗门群岛
suǒ luó mén qún dǎo

Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific

群居
qún jū

to live together (in a large group or flock)

库克群岛
kù kè qún dǎo

Cook Islands

羊群
yáng qún

flock of sheep

查戈斯群岛
chá gē sī qún dǎo

Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛[dí gē · jiā xī yà dǎo] as largest island

鹤立鸡群
hè lì jī qún

a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common

翘居群首
qiáo jū qún shǒu

head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent

吉伯特氏症候群
jí bó tè shì zhèng hòu qún

Gilbert's syndrome

白宫群英
bái gōng qún yīng

The West Wing (US TV series)

人群
rén qún

crowd

流球群岛
liú qiú qún dǎo

the Ryukyu or Luchu Islands (including Okinawa)

腕隧道症候群
wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún

carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve)

巽他群岛
xùn tā qún dǎo

Sunda Islands (Malay archipelago)

马群
mǎ qún

herd of horses

超群绝伦
chāo qún jué lún

outstanding (idiom); incomparable

北马里亚纳群岛
běi mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo

Northern Mariana Islands

群英会
qún yīng huì

distinguished gathering

群件
qún jiàn

collaborative software

巨石柱群
jù shí zhù qún

Stonehenge

群雄
qún xióng

outstanding heroes

合群
hé qún

to fit in

惊群动众
jīng qún dòng zhòng

to alarm everyone

群体免疫
qún tǐ miǎn yì

herd immunity

群猴猴族
qún hóu hóu zú

Qauqaut, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

西沙群岛
xī shā qún dǎo

Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea

澎湖群岛
péng hú qún dǎo

Penghu or Pescadores, archipelago of 90 islands to west of Taiwan

拔群
bá qún

outstanding

三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún

in groups of three or four (idiom)

逸群
yì qún

above the common

斯普拉特利群岛
sī pǔ lā tè lì qún dǎo

Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam

喜群游
xǐ qún yóu

gregarious (ichthyology)

群体
qún tǐ

community

置换群
zhì huàn qún

permutation group (math.)