Taxonomy of meanings for 眾人:　　

  • PEOPLE
    • NPpluralOBI 3: the many subjects of the king that form his retinue and labour force, also used as a fighting force. They are counted by the hundreds, and are distinguished from ordinary rén 人 by their apparently permanent attachment to the royal court.
  • ORDINARY
    • NPpluralthe ordinary people, the (ignorant) masses; the ordinary people around
    • NPfigurativethe hoi polloi; intellectually ordinary people (who may be of considerable social status); a vulgar uneducated person (not necessarily plural!)
    • NP{PRED}be just an unremarkable ordinary person
    • NPadVreference=objectlike an ordinary person
    • NPabconceptthe concept of an ordinary person
    • NPadVreference=subjectlike a commonerCH
  • BUDDHIST
    • NPpluralthe assembled Buddhists
  • OTHER
    • NPothers; anyone else
  • HUMAN
    • NP{N1adN2}singularhoi polloi; an ordinary person