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HSK 3
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)
闻见
wénjiàn
to smell
传闻
chuánwén
rumor
旧闻
jiùwén
old anecdote
闻诊
wénzhěn
(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis [[四診|四诊<sìzhěn>]]
闻到
wéndào
to smell
据闻
jùwén
accounts
绯闻
fēiwén
sex scandal
闻喜
Wénxǐ
Wenxi county in Yuncheng [[運城|运城<Yùnchéng>]], Shanxi
闻讯
wénxùn
to receive news (of)
闻达
wéndá
illustrious and influential
名闻
míngwén
famous
新闻
xīnwén
news
风闻
fēngwén
to learn sth through hearsay
奇闻
qíwén
anecdote
闻人
wénrén
famous person
讣闻
fùwén
obituary
闻出
wénchū
to identify by smell
闻名
wénmíng
well-known
闻悉
wénxī
to hear (about sth)
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