pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
闻
聞
wen2
surname Wen
闻
聞
wen2
to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at
strokes
14
radical
strokes after radical
8
百闻不如一见
百聞不如一見
bai3 wen2 bu4 ru2 yi1 jian4
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others; seeing is believing
标题新闻
標題新聞
biao1 ti2 xin1 wen2
headline news; title story
博识洽闻
博識洽聞
bo2 shi2 qia4 wen2
knowledgeable; erudite (idiom)
博闻多识
博聞多識
bo2 wen2 duo1 shi2
learned and erudite; knowledgeable and experienced
博闻强记
博聞強記
bo2 wen2 qiang2 ji4
have wide learning and a retentive memory; have encyclopedic knowledge
博闻强识
博聞強識
bo2 wen2 qiang2 shi2
erudite; widely read and knowledgeable
博物多闻
博物多聞
bo2 wu4 duo1 wen2
wide and knowledgeable; well-informed and experienced
博物洽闻
博物洽聞
bo2 wu4 qia4 wen2
to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
不闻不问
不聞不問
bu4 wen2 bu4 wen4
not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the least concerned
惨不忍闻
慘不忍聞
can3 bu4 ren3 wen2
too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle; appalling scenes of devastation
产经新闻
產經新聞
chan3 jing1 xin1 wen2
Business News; Sankei Shimbun (Tokyo daily)
朝鲜中央新闻社
朝鮮中央新聞社
chao2 xian3 zhong1 yang1 xin1 wen2 she4
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA, North Korea)
充耳不闻
充耳不聞
chong1 er3 bu4 wen2
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
丑闻
醜聞
chou3 wen2
scandal
臭不可闻
臭不可聞
chou4 bu4 ke3 wen2
unbearable stink; fig. notorious
传闻
傳聞
chuan2 wen2
rumor
传闻证据
傳聞證據
chuan2 wen2 zheng4 ju4
hearsay (law)
读卖新闻
讀賣新聞
du2 mai4 xin1 wen2
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
多闻天
多聞天
duo1 wen2 tian1
Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings)
耳闻
耳聞
er3 wen2
to hear of; to hear about
耳闻不如目见
耳聞不如目見
er3 wen2 bu4 ru2 mu4 jian4
seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others
耳闻目睹
耳聞目睹
er3 wen2 mu4 du3
to witness personally
绯闻
緋聞
fei1 wen2
sex scandal
诽闻
誹聞
fei3 wen2
scandal; gossip
风闻
風聞
feng1 wen2
to learn sth through hearsay; to get wind of sth
讣闻
訃聞
fu4 wen2
obituary
孤陋寡闻
孤陋寡聞
gu1 lou4 gua3 wen2
ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
国务院新闻办公室
國務院新聞辦公室
guo2 wu4 yuan4 xin1 wen2 ban4 gong1 shi4
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
骇人听闻
駭人聽聞
hai4 ren2 ting1 wen2
shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible
忽闻
忽聞
hu1 wen2
to hear suddenly; to learn of sth unexpectedly
花边新闻
花邊新聞
hua1 bian1 xin1 wen2
media gossip; sensational news
见闻
見聞
jian4 wen2
what one has seen and heard; knowledge; one's experience
见闻有限
見聞有限
jian4 wen2 you3 xian4
to possess limited experience and knowledge (idiom)
久闻大名
久聞大名
jiu3 wen2 da4 ming2
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
旧闻
舊聞
jiu4 wen2
old anecdote; stories passed on from former times
举世闻名
舉世聞名
ju3 shi4 wen2 ming2
world-famous (idiom)
据闻
據聞
ju4 wen2
accounts; one's understanding
旷古未闻
曠古未聞
kuang4 gu3 wei4 wen2
never before in the whole of history (idiom); unprecedented; also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
劳动新闻
勞動新聞
lao2 dong4 xin1 wen2
Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee
两耳不闻窗外事
兩耳不聞窗外事
liang3 er3 bu4 wen2 chuang1 wai4 shi4
to pay no attention to outside matters
美国有线新闻网
美國有線新聞網
mei3 guo2 you3 xian4 xin1 wen2 wang3
Cable Network News (CNN)
每日新闻
每日新聞
mei3 ri4 xin1 wen2
Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper
名闻
名聞
ming2 wen2
famous; of good reputation
莫不闻
莫不聞
mo4 bu4 wen2
there is no-one who doesn't know that
默默无闻
默默無聞
mo4 mo4 wu2 wen2
obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation; a nobody; an unknown quantity
难闻
難聞
nan2 wen2
unpleasant smell; stink
彭博新闻社
彭博新聞社
peng2 bo2 xin1 wen2 she4
Bloomberg News
奇闻
奇聞
qi2 wen2
anecdote; fantastic story
前所未闻
前所未聞
qian2 suo3 wei4 wen2
unheard-of; unprecedented
趣闻
趣聞
qu4 wen2
funny news item; interesting anecdote
日本经济新闻
日本經濟新聞
ri4 ben3 jing1 ji4 xin1 wen2
Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
如是我闻
如是我聞
ru2 shi4 wo3 wen2
so I have heard (idiom); the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
上海文广新闻传媒集团
上海文廣新聞傳媒集團
shang4 hai3 wen2 guang3 xin1 wen2 chuan2 mei2 ji2 tuan2
Shanghai Media Group
时有所闻
時有所聞
shi2 you3 suo3 wen2
heard from time to time; one keeps hearing that...
世界闻名
世界聞名
shi4 jie4 wen2 ming2
world famous
耸人听闻
聳人聽聞
song3 ren2 ting1 wen2
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
所见所闻
所見所聞
suo3 jian4 suo3 wen2
what one hears and sees (idiom)
琐闻
瑣聞
suo3 wen2
news items
所闻
所聞
suo3 wen2
heard; what one hears
桃色新闻
桃色新聞
tao2 se4 xin1 wen2
sex scandal
听而不闻
聽而不聞
ting1 er2 bu4 wen2
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear; to ignore deliberately
听闻
聽聞
ting1 wen2
to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard
头条新闻
頭條新聞
tou2 tiao2 xin1 wen2
headline
闻出
聞出
wen2 chu1
to identify by smell; to detect a scent; to sniff out
闻达
聞達
wen2 da2
illustrious and influential; well-known
闻到
聞到
wen2 dao4
to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling
闻风而动
聞風而動
wen2 feng1 er2 dong4
to respond instantly; to act at once on hearing the news
闻风丧胆
聞風喪膽
wen2 feng1 sang4 dan3
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
闻风先遁
聞風先遁
wen2 feng1 xian1 dun4
to flee at hearing the news (idiom)
闻过则喜
聞過則喜
wen2 guo4 ze2 xi3
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.); to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
闻鸡起舞
聞雞起舞
wen2 ji1 qi3 wu3
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom); to be diligent in one's studies
闻见
聞見
wen2 jian4
to smell; to hear; knowledge; information
闻名
聞名
wen2 ming2
well-known; famous; renowned; eminent
闻名不如见面
聞名不如見面
wen2 ming2 bu4 ru2 jian4 mian4
knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
闻名遐迩
聞名遐邇
wen2 ming2 xia2 er3
to be famous far and wide (idiom)
闻名于世
聞名於世
wen2 ming2 yu2 shi4
world-famous
闻人
聞人
wen2 ren2
famous person
闻上去
聞上去
wen2 shang4 qu4
to smell of sth; to smell like sth
闻所未闻
聞所未聞
wen2 suo3 wei4 wen2
unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event
闻悉
聞悉
wen2 xi1
to hear (about sth)
闻喜
聞喜
wen2 xi3
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
闻喜县
聞喜縣
wen2 xi3 xian4
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
闻讯
聞訊
wen2 xun4
to receive news (of)
闻言
聞言
wen2 yan2
to have heard what was said
闻一多
聞一多
wen2 yi1 duo1
Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming
闻一知十
聞一知十
wen2 yi1 zhi1 shi2
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything; a word to the wise
闻诊
聞診
wen2 zhen3
(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
喜闻乐见
喜聞樂見
xi3 wen2 le4 jian4
to love to hear and see (idiom); well received; to one's liking
遐迩闻名
遐邇聞名
xia2 er3 wen2 ming2
famous everywhere
小道新闻
小道新聞
xiao3 dao4 xin1 wen2
news from the grapevine
新闻
新聞
xin1 wen2
news
新闻出版总署
新聞出版總署
xin1 wen2 chu1 ban3 zong3 shu3
General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)
新闻处
新聞處
xin1 wen2 chu4
news service; information agency
新闻发布会
新聞發布會
xin1 wen2 fa1 bu4 hui4
news conference
新闻发言人
新聞發言人
xin1 wen2 fa1 yan2 ren2
spokesman
新闻稿
新聞稿
xin1 wen2 gao3
press release
新闻工作者
新聞工作者
xin1 wen2 gong1 zuo4 zhe3
journalist
新闻记者
新聞記者
xin1 wen2 ji4 zhe3
journalist
新闻界
新聞界
xin1 wen2 jie4
the press; the media
新闻媒体
新聞媒體
xin1 wen2 mei2 ti3
news media
新闻网
新聞網
xin1 wen2 wang3
news agency
新闻学
新聞學
xin1 wen2 xue2
journalism
新闻周刊
新聞週刊
xin1 wen2 zhou1 kan1
Newsweek magazine; also written 新聞周刊|新闻周刊
新闻周刊
新聞周刊
xin1 wen2 zhou1 kan1
Newsweek magazine
新闻主播
新聞主播
xin1 wen2 zhu3 bo1
newsreader; anchor
新闻自由
新聞自由
xin1 wen2 zi4 you2
freedom of the press
新闻组
新聞組
xin1 wen2 zu3
newsgroup
信报财经新闻
信報財經新聞
xin4 bao4 cai2 jing1 xin1 wen2
Hong Kong Economic Journal
徐闻
徐聞
xu2 wen2
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
徐闻县
徐聞縣
xu2 wen2 xian4
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
湮没无闻
湮沒無聞
yan1 mo4 wu2 wen2
to pass into oblivion
言者无罪,闻者足戒
言者無罪,聞者足戒
yan2 zhe3 wu2 zui4 - wen2 zhe3 zu2 jie4
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
要闻
要聞
yao4 wen2
important news story; headline
一无所闻
一無所聞
yi1 wu2 suo3 wen2
unheard of
逸事遗闻
逸事遺聞
yi4 shi4 yi2 wen2
variant of 軼事遺聞|轶事遗闻
轶事遗闻
軼事遺聞
yi4 shi4 yi2 wen2
anecdote (about historical person); lost or apocryphal story
逸闻
逸聞
yi4 wen2
variant of 軼聞|轶闻
轶闻
軼聞
yi4 wen2
anecdote; apocryphal story
有线新闻网
有線新聞網
you3 xian4 xin1 wen2 wang3
Cable Network News (CNN)
愿闻其详
願聞其詳
yuan4 wen2 qi2 xiang2
I'd like to hear the details
张闻天
張聞天
zhang1 wen2 tian1
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
朝日新闻
朝日新聞
zhao1 ri4 xin1 wen2
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
朝闻夕改
朝聞夕改
zhao1 wen2 xi1 gai3
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening; to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
珍闻
珍聞
zhen1 wen2
oddity; news tidbits; strange and interesting item
政府新闻处
政府新聞處
zheng4 fu3 xin1 wen2 chu4
information services department
置若罔闻
置若罔聞
zhi4 ruo4 wang3 wen2
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
中国新闻社
中國新聞社
zhong1 guo2 xin1 wen2 she4
China News Service
中国新闻网
中國新聞網
zhong1 guo2 xin1 wen2 wang3
China News Service website (chinanews.com)