wén

hear; smell; make known; news

DEFINITIONS

聞 wén
  • surname Wen
  • to hear
  • news
  • well-known
  • famous
  • reputation
  • fame
  • to smell
  • to sniff at

STROKES

WORDS

qí wén anecdote; fantastic story
如是我 rú shì wǒ wén so I have heard (idiom); the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
孤陋寡 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
小道新 xiǎo dào xīn wén news from the grapevine
天 zhāng wén tiān Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
彭博新社 péng bó xīn wén shè Bloomberg News
xú wén Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong
縣 xú wén xiàn Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong
hū wén to hear suddenly; to learn of sth unexpectedly
慘不忍 cǎn bù rěn wén too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle; appalling scenes of devastation
suǒ wén heard; what one hears
所見所 suǒ jiàn suǒ wén what one hears and sees (idiom)
jù wén accounts; one's understanding
政府新處 zhèng fǔ xīn wén chù information services department
xīn wén news; CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4]
主播 xīn wén zhǔ bō newsreader; anchor
出版總署 xīn wén chū bǎn zǒng shǔ General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)
周刊 xīn wén zhōu kān Newsweek magazine; also written 新聞周刊|新闻周刊
媒體 xīn wén méi tǐ news media
學 xīn wén xué journalism
工作者 xīn wén gōng zuò zhě journalist
界 xīn wén jiè the press; the media
發布會 xīn wén fā bù huì news conference
發言人 xīn wén fā yán rén spokesman
稿 xīn wén gǎo press release