聞達

See also: 闻达

Chinese

		hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	attain; pass through; achieve attain; pass through; achieve; reach; realize; clear; inform; notify; dignity
trad. (聞達)		聞	達
simp. (闻达)		闻	达

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéndá, wèndá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄚˊ, ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ daat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéndá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúndá
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-ta²
    • Yale: wén-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wendar
    • Palladius: вэньда (vɛnʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ tä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèndá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùndá
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-ta²
    • Yale: wèn-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenndar
    • Palladius: вэньда (vɛnʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ tä³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ daat⁶
    • Yale: mahn daaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ daat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ dad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² taːt̚²/

Adjective

聞達

1. illustrious; eminent; famous and influential

   • 苟全性命於亂世，不求聞達於諸侯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     苟全性命于乱世，不求闻达于诸侯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 《出師表》

     Gǒu quán xìngmìng yú luànshì, bù qiú wèndá yú zhūhóu. [Pinyin]

     For the time being, I did what I could to survive the chaotic times, and never wished to become eminent among the nobles.

Synonyms

• 貴顯／贵显 (guìxiǎn)
• 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 顯貴／显贵 (xiǎnguì)
• 顯達／显达 (xiǎndá)