闻 / 聞
wén
Meaning
- to hear
- news
- well-known
- famous
- reputation
- fame
- to smell
- to sniff at
- surname Wen
Example sentences
他在闻汤的味道。
他在聞湯的味道。
tā zài wén tāng de wèi dào。
He was smelling the soup.
麝香的味道是最好闻的味道之一。
麝香的味道是最好聞的味道之一。
shè xiāng de wèi dào shì zuì hǎo wén de wèi dào zhī yī。
Musk has one of the most pleasant scents.
丘也闻有国有家者，不患寡而患不均，不患贫而患不安。
丘也聞有國有家者，不患寡而患不均，不患貧而患不安。
qiū yě wén yǒu guó yǒu jiā zhě， bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn， bù huàn pín ér huàn bù ān。
I have heard that those who govern a state or a family are not worried about scarcity but about inequality, not about poverty but about instability.