闻

The character "闻" has 9 strokes. "闻" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "闻" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "闻" are "wén" . View the stroke order of "闻">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "闻"

v.: hear; smell

n.: news; story; repute; reputation

adj.: well-known; famous

• hear : v.听见；听到；听说；知道；聆听；听说过；不同意；注意听；不允许；重视
• smell : n.嗅觉；闻；气味；嗅；臭味
• news : n.新闻；消息；新情况；新闻报道；新闻节目；新闻事件；新闻广播；新闻人物
• story : n.故事；传说；叙述；情节；新闻报道；商业前景；楼层
• repute : n.名声；声望；美誉
• reputation : n.名声；名誉；美名
• well-known : adj.众所周知的；出名的
• famous : adj.有名的；出名的；著名的；闻名的；卓越的；极好的

Form words with "闻"

与闻其事 have a participant's knowledge of a matter; be in the know

Example phrases using "闻"

• 他们让我与闻他们的秘密。

  They revealed their secret to me.

• 屋子里闻着有一股烟味。

  The room smells of smoke.

• 可以闻得出尼古丁的味道。

  A distinct smell of nicotine.

• 空气闻上去像是柴油和汽油味混在一起的味道。

  The air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes.

• 这食品闻起来香，吃起来可口

  [with complement]the food smelt and tasted good

• 闻一下，味道真浓，说明它很辣。

  Smell it. If this smells strong, that means it is strong.

• 这道菜闻起来香但尝起来却难吃.

  This dish smells nice but tastes bad.

• 这些花看上去漂亮、闻起来很香。

  These flowers looked beautiful and smelt sweet.

• 闻上去像是汽油和氨水的混合物。

  It smells like gas and ammonia mixed together.

• 你们在吃柚子吗？闻起来真香啊！

  Are you eating pomelo ? It smells so good!