| wén | to hear/news/well-known/famous/reputation/fame/to smell/to sniff at/surname Wen |
| 闻 | surname Wen |
| 闻一多 | Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946 |
| 闻一知十 | lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything a word to the wise |
| 闻上去 | to smell of sth to smell like sth |
| 闻人 | famous person |
| 闻出 | to identify by smell to detect a scent to sniff out |
| 闻到 | to smell to sniff sth out to perceive by smelling |
| 闻名 | well-known famous renowned |
| 闻名世界 | world famous |
| 闻名于世 | world-famous |
| 闻名遐迩 | to be famous far and wide (idiom) |
| 闻喜 | Wenxi county in Yùnchéng 運城|运城 |
| 闻喜县 | Wenxi county in Yùnchéng 運城|运城 |
| 闻悉 | to hear (about sth) |
| 闻所未闻 | unheard of an extremely rare and unprecedented event |
| 闻见 | to smell to hear knowledge |
| 闻言 | to have heard what was said |
| 闻讯 | to receive news (of) |
| 闻达 | illustrious and influential well-known |
| 闻过则喜 | to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) to be happy when one's errors are pointed out |