耳聞

Chinese

		ear	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (耳聞)		耳	聞
simp. (耳闻)		耳	闻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ní-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrwún
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-wên²
    • Yale: ěr-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelwen
    • Palladius: эрвэнь (ervɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ man⁴
    • Yale: yíh màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: ní-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ny'buun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/

Verb

耳聞

1. (literary) to hear about

Derived terms

• 略有耳聞／略有耳闻
• 目擊耳聞／目击耳闻
• 目睹耳聞／目睹耳闻
• 目見耳聞／目见耳闻
• 眼見是實，耳聞是虛／眼见是实，耳闻是虚
• 耳聞不如目見／耳闻不如目见
• 耳聞不如眼見／耳闻不如眼见
• 耳聞目擊／耳闻目击
• 耳聞目睹／耳闻目睹 (ěrwénmùdǔ)
• 耳聞目見／耳闻目见 (ěrwénmùjiàn)