| 聞 | 793A10 52B.00-3 | 部居  | 畫數 14 | ㄨㄣˊ [wen2] (*ㄨㄣˋ [wen4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) News, story: 新聞 news; 舊聞 old stories, hearsay tradition. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) (LL) to hear, but (vern.) to smell; thus 聞聲 hear a noise, but 聞味 smell s.t.: 風聞 hear from gossip; 如是我聞 (Budd.) thus I have heard from Buddha; 傳聞 it is said that; 百聞不如一見 better see for oneself once than hear s.t. a hundred times; 未之前聞(LL) never heard of such a thing before; 置之罔聞 (LL) paid it no attention. (2) (AC) to report: 弗敢以聞 dared not report. (3) To smell: 聞到甚麼味 smell a certain smell. | |||||
| Adj. | (*[wen4]) Famous: 聞人，聞達 [wen4ren2], [wen4da2]↓; 博聞 well informed, widely read. | |||||
| Words | 1. 聞達 *[wen4da2], adj., well-known: 不求聞達 (AC) did not seek fame. 2. 聞見 [wen2jian4], (1) n., (所聞所見) what one sees and hears － gen. knowledge: 聞見有限 one's knowledge is limited; (2) ([wen2jian0]) v.t., (vern.) to smell s.t. 3. 聞名 [wen2ming2], (1) adj., famous, well-known; (2) v.i., to hear of person's name. 4. 聞人 *[wen4ren2], n., (LL) a celebrity. 5. 聞聽 [wen2ting1], v.i., to hear. 6. 聞望 *[wen4wang4], n., fame. | |||||