聽聞

See also: 听闻

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (聽聞)		聽	聞
simp. (听闻)		听	闻
anagram		聞聽／闻听

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): teng¹ man⁴ / ting¹ man⁴ / ting³ man⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang¹ mun³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): theng-bûn / thiaⁿ-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingwún
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-wên²
    • Yale: tīng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingwen
    • Palladius: тинвэнь (tinvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teng¹ man⁴ / ting¹ man⁴ / ting³ man⁴
    • Yale: tēng màhn / tīng màhn / ting màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: teng¹ man⁴ / ting¹ man⁴ / ting³ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: téng¹ men⁴ / ting¹ men⁴ / ting³ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/, /tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/, /tʰɪŋ³³ mɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiang¹ mun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³ ᵐbun²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: theng-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: thing-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tengbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: thiann-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvia'buun
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Verb

聽聞

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to hear about

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聽說 (“to hear it said that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聞道
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聽說, 據說, 據稱, 據聞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	聽說
	Singapore	聽說
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聽說
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	聽說
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	聽講
	Liuzhou	聽聞講, 聽講
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	聽講
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聽講, 聽講話, 聽聞, 聽聞講, 聞得
	Hong Kong	聽講, 聽講話, 聽聞, 聽聞話, 據講, 據聞
	Taishan	聽講, 聽聞, 聽聞講
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聽講
Hakka	Meixian	聽講
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聽講
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聽講
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聽講
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聽講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聽講
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聽講
Huizhou	Jixi	聽著講
Jin	Taiyuan	聽說
Southern Min	Xiamen	聽講, 據講
	Quanzhou	聽說
	Zhangzhou	聽講, 據講
	Taipei	聽講
	Kaohsiung	聽講
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聽講
	Manila (Hokkien)	聽說, 聽講
	Longyan	聽講
	Shantou	聽呾
	Singapore (Teochew)	聽呾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	聽講, 聽見講
Wu	Shanghai	聽講
	Wenzhou	聽講
Xiang	Changsha	聽講, 信講

Noun

聽聞

1. (literary) news that one has heard

Derived terms

• 聳人聽聞／耸人听闻 (sǒngréntīngwén)
• 駭人聽聞／骇人听闻 (hàiréntīngwén)