異聞

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (異聞)		異	聞
simp. (异闻)		异	闻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìwún
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-wên²
    • Yale: yì-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihwen
    • Palladius: ивэнь (ivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ wən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

異聞

1. strange news; different report

   • 陳亢問於伯魚曰：「子亦有異聞乎？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     陈亢问于伯鱼曰：「子亦有异闻乎？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chén Kàng wèn yú Bó Yú yuē: “Zǐ yì yǒu yìwén hū?” [Pinyin]

     Chen Kang asked Bo Yu, saying, "Have you heard any lessons from your father different from what we have all heard?"

2. new knowledge; new things

Related terms

• 奇聞／奇闻 (qíwén)