Those of high wisdom, when they hear the "Way", strive to practice it; those of moderate wisdom, when they hear the "Way", are half-believing and half-doubting; the ignorant, when they hear the "Way", mock it. If the "Way" is not mocked, it cannot be called the true "Way".
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
听闻
to listen
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to listen
02
to hear what sb says
03
news one has heard
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 听闻 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 听闻.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 听闻.
Directly before
- 人听闻3
Directly after
- 听闻事故1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 听闻
What does 听闻 mean in Chinese?
听闻 (tīngwén) means to listen.
How do you pronounce 听闻?
听闻 is pronounced tīngwén.
Is 听闻 an HSK word?
听闻 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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