闻 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified character
Traditional character

闻 English definition

wén

  • to hear
  • news
  • well-known
  • famous
  • reputation
  • fame
  • to smell
  • to sniff at

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 118;
  • : (Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire;
  • : line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc);
  • : mosquito;
  • : to look down;
  • : wen xiang, Henan province;
  • : multicolored clouds;

Sentences examples with 闻

  • 我上网去看看新闻。
    Wǒ shàngwǎng qù kàn kàn xīnwén.
  • 我每天晚上七点都看新闻。
    Wǒ měitiān wǎnshàng qī diǎn dōu kàn xīnwén.

Words containing 闻, by HSK level