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聽聞

简听闻 · 繁聽聞

Mandarin · pinyin tīng wén

to listen
to hear what sb says
news one has heard

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聽: tīng · hear, listen; understand; obey
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听: tīng · hear; understand; obey, comply
闻: wén · hear; smell; make known; news

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1–2 · ting1 wen2

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teng1 man4

Cantonese word readings for 聽聞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(chiefly Cantonese) to hear about

noun

(literary) news that one has heard

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