闻 (聞) wén

1. wén verb to hear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 听到 (Guoyu '聞' wén v 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 38)
2. wén proper noun Wen
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '聞' wén n 3)
3. wén verb sniff at; to smell
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Smell
   Notes: (Guoyu '聞' wén v 4; Rouzer 2007, p. 38)
4. wén verb to be widely known
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 著称 (Guoyu '聞' wén v 3)
5. wén verb to confirm; to accept
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '聞' wén v 2)
6. wén noun information
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 消息 (Guoyu '聞' wén n 2)
7. wèn adjective famous; well known
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 著名 (Guoyu '聞' wèn adj)
8. wén noun knowledge; learning
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 知识 (Guoyu '聞' wén n 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 38)
9. wèn noun popularity; prestige; reputation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 名誉 (Guoyu '聞' wèn n 3; Rouzer 2007, p. 38)
10. wén verb to question
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    

Contained in

• 闻风而逃(聞風而逃) flee on hearing news
• 要闻(要聞) important news
• 闻已(聞已) after hearing; upon hearing
• 闻一知十(聞一知十) to hear one and know ten; explain one thing and (he) understands everything; a word to the wise
• 闻上去(聞上去) to smell of something; to smell like
• 前所未闻(前所未聞) unheard-of; unprecedented
• 闻讯(聞訊) to receive news (of)
• 难闻(難聞) unpleasant smell; stink
• 新闻界(新聞界) the press; the media
• 遐迩闻名(遐迩闻名) famous everywhere ; famous everywhere
• 浅闻(淺聞) shallow experience
• 博学洽闻(博學洽聞) extensively educated and steeped in knowledge
• 新闻记者(新聞記者) journalist
• 桃色新闻(桃色新聞) sex scandal
• 闻悉(聞悉) to hear (about something)
• 新闻传播(新聞傳播) news broadcast
• 闻说(聞說) to hear told; to hear what was said
• 新闻(新聞) news
• 乍闻(乍聞) to first hear
• 传闻(傳聞) rumor ; something heard from others; hearsay
• 广见闻(廣見聞) broaden experience
• 信报财经新闻(信報財經新聞) Hong Kong Economic Journal
• 新闻学(新聞學) journalism
• 多闻强记(多聞強記) to study widely and remember well
• 闻风先遁(聞風先遁) to flee at hearing the news
• 听而不闻(聽而不聞) to hear but not listen
• 不求闻达(不求聞達) no ambition to make a reputation
• 鸡犬相闻(雞犬相聞) the sounds of chickens and dogs
• 时有所闻(時有所聞) heard from time to time; one keeps hearing that...
• 言者无罪，闻者足戒(言者無罪，聞者足戒) don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning
• 耳闻(耳聞) to hear
• 旧闻(舊聞) old anecdote; stories passed on from former times ; old texts
• 新闻发布会(新聞發布會) news conference
• 珍闻(珍聞) oddity; news tidbits; strange and interesting item
• 绯闻(緋聞) a sex scandal
• 见闻有限(見聞有限) to possess limited experience and knowledge
• 惨不忍闻(慘不忍聞) too horrible to endure; tragic spectacle; appalling scenes of devastation

Also contained in

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• 卷二十九 志第十九 符瑞下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Auspicious Signs 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 118
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 102
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 85
• 卷二十八 志第十八 符瑞中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Auspicious Signs 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 81
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 70
• 卷四百四十九 列傳第二百〇八 忠義四 崔縱吳安國 林沖之子:郁 從子:震 霆 滕茂實 魏行可郭元邁 閻進朱績 趙師檟 易青 胡斌 范旺 馬俊 楊震仲史次秦 郭靖 高稼 曹友聞 陳寅賈子坤 劉銳 蹇彝 何充 許彪孫張桂 金文德 曹贛 胡世全 龐彥海 江彥清 陳隆之史季儉 王翊 李誠之秦鉅 Volume 449 Biographies 208: Loyalty and Righteousness 4 - Cui Zongwuanguo, Lin Chongzhi and son: Yu, newphew: Zhen, Ting, Teng Maoshi, Weixing Keguoyuanmai, Yan Jinzhuji, Zhao Shijia, Yi Qing, Hu Bin, Fan Wang, Ma Jun, Yangzhen Zhongshi Ciqin, Guo Jing, Gao Jia, Cao Youwen, Chen Yinjia and son Kun, Liu Rui, Jian Yi, He Chong, Xu Biao and grandson Zhang Gui, Jin Wende, Cao Gan, Hu Shiquan, Pang Yanhai, Jiang Yanqing, Shi Jijian of Chenlong, Wang Yi, Qin Ju of Licheng History of Song 宋史 — count: 57
• 卷四十 Scroll 40 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 50
• 卷三十七 Scroll 37 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 44
• 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 43
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 43

Collocations

• 臣闻 (臣聞) 臣聞愛子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 30
• 闻曰 (聞曰) 予聞曰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 仲虺之誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Zhong-hui — count: 7
• 君闻 (君聞) 寡君聞命矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 7
• 令闻 (令聞) 令聞不已 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 6
• 侨闻 (僑聞) 僑聞君子長國家者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 公闻 (公聞) 公聞其期 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 闻命 (聞命) 寡君聞命矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 侯闻 (侯聞) 息侯聞之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 孙闻 (孫聞) 臧孫聞之戒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 闻楚 (聞楚) 衛侯聞楚師敗 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3