闻 (聞) wén
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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) -
wén
proper noun
Wen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '聞' wén n 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) -
wén
verb
to be widely known
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 著称 (Guoyu '聞' wén v 3) -
wén
verb
to confirm / to accept
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '聞' wén v 2) -
wén
noun
information
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 消息 (Guoyu '聞' wén n 2) -
wèn
adjective
famous / well known
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 著名 (Guoyu '聞' wèn adj) -
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) -
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) -
wén
verb
to question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Contained in
- 博闻强识(博聞強識) erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
- 新闻记者(新聞記者) journalist
- 博闻多识(博聞多識) learned and erudite / knowledgeable and experienced
- 见闻(見聞) what one sees and hears / knowledge / information
- 博学多闻(博學多聞) extensively educated
- 闻名(聞名) to be well-known / to be famous / to be renowned
- 骇人听闻(駭人聽聞) shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible
- 博闻强记(博聞強記) have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
- 耳闻目睹(耳聞目睹) to witness personally
- 前所未闻(前所未聞) unheard-of / unprecedented
- 寡见鲜闻(寡見鮮聞) having seen little and heard about few things / ignorant
- 闻到(聞到) to smell / to sniff something out / to perceive by smelling
- 湮没无闻(湮沒無聞) to pass into the unknown
- 闻见(聞見) to smell ; to hear
- 所见所闻(所見所聞) what one hears and sees
- 名闻(名聞) fame / good reputation
- 遐迩闻名(遐邇聞名) famous everywhere
- 闻讯(聞訊) to receive news (of)
- 国际新闻(國際新聞) international news
- 绯闻(緋聞) a sex scandal
- 闻上去(聞上去) to smell of something / to smell like
- 闻达(聞達) illustrious and influential / well-known
- 寡闻少见(寡聞少見) having heard little and seen few things / ignorant
- 博学洽闻(博學洽聞) extensively educated and steeped in knowledge
- 默默无闻(默默無聞) obscure and unknown / anonymous / a nobody / having no reputation
- 桃色新闻(桃色新聞) sex scandal
- 闻出(聞出) to identify by smell / to detect a scent / to sniff out
- 旷古未闻(曠古未聞) never before in the whole of history / unprecedented
- 莫不闻(莫不聞) there is no-one who doesn't know that
- 闻已(聞已) after hearing / upon hearing
- 难闻(難聞) unpleasant smell / stink
- 新闻机构(新聞機構) a news agency
- 鷄犬相闻(鷄犬相聞) the sounds of chickens and dogs
- 不求闻达(不求聞達) no ambition to make a reputation
- 奇闻(奇聞) anecdote / a fictional story
- 闻风不动(聞風不動) not move on hearing news / to not respond
- 闻说(聞說) to hear told / to hear what was said
Also contained in
北方多闻天王 、 名闻光 、 如是我闻 、 声闻藏 、 玄沙闻燕子声 、 声闻缘觉 、 闻喜 、 新闻出版总署 、 轶闻 、 每日新闻 、 朝日新闻 、 闻一多 、 徐闻县 、 多闻
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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: 51
- 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
- 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: 6
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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: 4
- 罕闻 (罕聞) 子罕聞之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 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