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wén · wen/Wén · wen

Traditional 聞

Meaning

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wén 聞

  1. to hear
  2. news
  3. well-known
  4. famous
  5. reputation
  6. fame
  7. to smell
  8. to sniff at

Wén 聞

  1. surname Wen

In a sentence

2 examples
01

麝(shè)香(xiāng)的(de)味(wèi)道(dào)是(shì)最(zuì)好(hǎo)闻(wén)的(de)味(wèi)道(dào)之(zhī)一(yī)。

Musk is one of the best scents.

Tatoeba: Chinese by xjjAstrus · English by notrwanda · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

不(bú)是(shì)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)的(de)酯(zhǐ)闻(wén)起(qǐ)来(lái)都(dōu)很(hěn)香(xiāng)。

Not all esters smell good.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by mervert1 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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