Khán giả vỗ tay.

the spectator or audience

Breakdown of Khán giả vỗ tay.

• vỗ tay: to clap

Questions & Answers about Khán giả vỗ tay.

What does khán giả mean exactly? Is it singular or plural?

Khán giả means audience, spectators, or audience member(s) depending on context.

In Khán giả vỗ tay, it usually means the audience as a group.

Vietnamese nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural, so khán giả can be:

• an audience member in some contexts
• the audience / spectators in other contexts

If you want to make it clearly singular, you could say:

• một khán giả = one audience member

If you want to emphasize plural, you could say:

• các khán giả
• những khán giả

But in this sentence, plain khán giả sounds natural.

Why is there no word for the?

Vietnamese does not have articles like a, an, and the in the same way English does.

So Khán giả vỗ tay can mean:

• The audience applauds
• The audience is clapping
• Audience members clap

Which English version fits best depends on context.

Vietnamese often leaves definiteness unstated unless it needs to be made clearer.

Why is there no word for is/are in this sentence?