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

• 花边新闻(花邊新聞) media gossip; sensational news
• 忽闻(忽聞) to hear suddenly; to learn of unexpectedly
• 趣闻(趣聞) funny news item; interesting anecdote
• 信报财经新闻(信報財經新聞) Hong Kong Economic Journal
• 博闻强记(博聞強記) have wide learning and a retentive memory; have encyclopedic knowledge
• 传闻(傳聞) rumor ; something heard from others; hearsay
• 闻见(聞見) to smell ; to hear
• 孤陋寡闻(孤陋寡聞) ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
• 博学洽闻(博學洽聞) extensively educated and steeped in knowledge
• 轶事遗闻(軼事遺聞) anecdote (about historical person); lost or apocryphal story
• 广见闻(廣見聞) broaden experience
• 耳闻(耳聞) to hear
• 一无所闻(一無所聞) unheard of
• 湮没无闻(湮沒無聞) to pass into the unknown
• 新闻自由(新聞自由) freedom of the press
• 新闻主播(新聞主播) newsreader; anchor
• 难闻(難聞) unpleasant smell; stink
• 新闻网(新聞網) news agency
• 闻名(聞名) to be well-known; to be renowned ; to hear a name
• 寂寂无闻(寂寂無聞) unknown
• 闻言(聞言) to have heard what was said
• 新闻稿(新聞稿) press release
• 新闻传播(新聞傳播) news broadcast
• 鷄犬相闻(鷄犬相聞) the sounds of chickens and dogs
• 强记洽闻(強記洽聞) to remember everything studied
• 博识洽闻(博識洽聞) knowledgeable; erudite
• 街知巷闻(街知巷聞) to be known to everyone
• 见闻有限(見聞有限) to possess limited experience and knowledge
• 浅闻(淺聞) shallow experience
• 前所未闻(前所未聞) unheard-of; unprecedented
• 时有所闻(時有所聞) heard from time to time; one keeps hearing that...
• 闻悉(聞悉) to hear (about something)
• 置若罔闻(置若罔聞) to hear but forget to listen; to neglect
• 耸人听闻(聳人聽聞) to sensationalize; deliberate exaggeration to scare people
• 久闻大名(久聞大名) your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
• 闻名于世(聞名於世) world-famous
• 新闻发布会(新聞發布會) news conference
• 新闻发言人(新聞發言人) spokesman
• 博学多闻(博學多聞) extensively educated
• 博物多闻(博物多聞) wide and knowledgeable; well-informed and experienced

Also contained in

新闻集团 、 美国有线新闻网 、 新闻讨论组 、 日本经济新闻 、 朝鲜中央新闻社 、 上海文广新闻传媒集团 、 闻喜 、 闻一多 、 登闻鼓 、 国家新闻出版广电总局 、 每日新闻

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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: 9
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 王闻 (王聞) 王聞之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 闻晋 (聞晉) 穆姬聞晉侯將至 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 闻致 (聞致) 吾聞致師者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3