Dictionary › 闻

闻

wén

HSK 5 Character Traditional 聞

What 闻 means

1. to hear
2. news
3. well-known
4. famous
5. reputation
6. fame
7. to smell
8. to sniff at

Other readings

闻 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Wénsurname Wen

Example sentences

• 闻一下。
  Smell it.
• 你闻吗?
  Have you smelled it?
• 愿闻其详。
  Yuànwénqíxiáng.
  Please elaborate.
• 那不好闻。
  That smells bad.
• 闻起来好香。
  It smells so good.
• 真是个丑闻！
  What a scandal!

Words starting with 闻

• 闻到wén dàoto smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling
• 闻名wén míngwell-known; famous; renowned
• 闻言wén yánto have heard what was said
• 闻讯wén xùnto receive news (of)
• 闻一多Wén Yī duōWen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming
• 闻名于世wén míng yú shìworld-famous
• 闻所未闻wén suǒ wèi wénunheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event
• 闻见wén jiànto smell; to hear; knowledge
• 闻名遐迩wén míng xiá ěr(idiom) to be famous far and wide
• 闻人wén rénfamous person
• 闻出wén chūto identify by smell; to detect a scent; to sniff out
• 闻达wén dáillustrious and influential; well-known
• 闻上去wén shàng qùto smell of sth; to smell like sth
• 闻过则喜wén guò zé xǐto accept criticism gladly (humble expr.); to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
• 闻风而动wén fēng ér dòngto respond instantly; to act at once on hearing the news
• 闻名不如见面wén míng bù rú jiàn miànknowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
• 闻悉wén xīto hear (about sth)
• 闻鸡起舞wén jī qǐ wǔto start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom); to be diligent in one's studies
• 闻诊wén zhěn(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四诊
• 闻喜县Wén xǐ XiànWenxi, a county in Yuncheng City 运城市
• 闻风丧胆wén fēng sàng dǎnhear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
• 闻风先遁wén fēng xiān dùnto flee at hearing the news (idiom)
• 闻一知十wén yī zhī shílit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands…
• 闻喜Wén xǐsee 闻喜县

Words containing 闻

• 新闻xīn wénnews
• 见闻jiàn wénwhat one has seen and heard; knowledge; one's experience
• 举世闻名jǔ shì wén míngworld-famous (idiom)
• 喜闻乐见xǐ wén lè jiànto love to hear and see (idiom); well received; to one's liking
• 新闻网xīn wén wǎngnews agency
• 传闻chuán wénrumor
• 丑闻chǒu wénscandal
• 绯闻fēi wénsex scandal
• 新闻界xīn wén jièthe press; the media
• 要闻yào wénimportant news story; headline
• 新闻记者xīn wén jì zhějournalist
• 默默无闻mò mò wú wén(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
• 耳闻ěr wénto hear of; to hear about
• 难闻nán wénunpleasant smell; stink
• 所见所闻suǒ jiàn suǒ wénwhat one hears and sees (idiom)
• 听闻tīng wénto listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard
• 奇闻qí wénbizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news
• 趣闻qù wénfunny news item; interesting anecdote
• 新闻工作者xīn wén gōng zuò zhějournalist
• 不闻不问bù wén bù wènnot to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical
• 骇人听闻hài rén tīng wénshocking; horrifying; atrocious
• 远近闻名yuǎn jìn wén míngto be known far and wide; to be well-known
• 耸人听闻sǒng rén tīng wénto sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
• 孤陋寡闻gū lòu guǎ wénignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded

Characters that look like 闻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 问wènto ask; to inquire
• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing
• 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 阅yuèto inspect; to review; to read
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise

Sounds the same

Read wén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 文language; culture; writing
• 纹line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 雯multicolored clouds
• 蚊mosquito
• 玟veins in jade
• 阌wen xiang, Henan province
• 炆(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire
• 閺to look down
• 珳old variant of 玟
• 蚉old variant of 蚊