| 闻 | wén | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at; surname Wen |
| 闻名 | wén míng | well-known; famous; renowned; eminent |
| 闻讯 | wén xùn | to receive news (of) |
| 闻见 | wén jiàn | to smell; to hear; knowledge; information |
| 闻一多 | Wén Yī duō | Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946 |
| 闻一知十 | wén yī zhī shí | lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything; a word to the wise |
| 闻上去 | wén shàng qù | to smell of sth; to smell like sth |
| 闻人 | wén rén | famous person |
| 闻出 | wén chū | to identify by smell; to detect a scent; to sniff out |
| 闻到 | wén dào | to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling |
| 闻名于世 | wén míng yú shì | world-famous |
| 闻名遐迩 | wén míng xiá ěr | to be famous far and wide (idiom) |
| 闻喜 | Wén xǐ | Wenxi county in Yuncheng 运城, Shanxi |
| 闻喜县 | Wén xǐ xiàn | Wenxi county in Yuncheng 运城, Shanxi |
| 闻悉 | wén xī | to hear (about sth) |
| 闻所未闻 | wén suǒ wèi wén | unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event |
| 闻言 | wén yán | to have heard what was said |
| 闻过则喜 | wén guò zé xǐ | to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.); to be happy when one's errors are pointed out |
| 闻达 | wén dá | illustrious and influential; well-known |
| 闻风丧胆 | wén fēng sàng dǎn | hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news |
| 闻风而动 | wén fēng ér dòng | to respond instantly; to act at once on hearing the news |
