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闻
聞
wén
1.
to hear
2.
news
3.
well-known
4.
famous
5.
reputation
6.
fame
7.
to smell
8.
to sniff at
HSK 5
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
传闻
chuánwén
rumor
名闻
míngwén
famous
奇闻
qíwén
anecdote
徐闻
Xúwén
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang [[湛江<Zhànjiāng>]], Guangdong
忽闻
hūwén
to hear suddenly
所闻
suǒwén
heard
据闻
jùwén
accounts
新闻
xīnwén
news
珍闻
zhēnwén
oddity
琐闻
suǒwén
news items
绯闻
fēiwén
sex scandal
耳闻
ěrwén
to hear of
闻人
wénrén
famous person
闻出
wénchū
to identify by smell
闻到
wéndào
to smell
闻名
wénmíng
well-known
闻喜
Wénxǐ
Wenxi county in Yuncheng [[運城|运城<Yùnchéng>]], Shanxi
闻悉
wénxī
to hear (about sth)
闻见
wénjiàn
to smell
闻言
wényán
to have heard what was said
Alternate Entries
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 824
- Word Frequency Rank
- 931 of 84,292