聞名

See also: 闻名

Chinese

		hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (聞名)		聞	名
simp. (闻名)		闻	名

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ ming⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bûn-bêng / bûn-miâ

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁶ mian⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnmíng
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-ming²
  - Yale: wén-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenming
  - Palladius: вэньмин (vɛnʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ ming⁴
  - Yale: màhn mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunbeeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-miâ
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-miâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunmiaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ miã²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhung⁶ mian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bŭng miâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ mĩã⁵⁵/

Verb

聞名

to be famous; to be well-known; to be renowned; to be eminent
聞名遐邇／闻名遐迩 ― wénmíng xiá'ěr ― to enjoy widespread renown
to know someone by repute

Derived terms

聞名不如見面 / 闻名不如见面 (wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn)
聞名天下 / 闻名天下 (wénmíngtiānxià)
聞名於世 / 闻名于世 (wénmíngyúshì)
聞名遐邇 / 闻名遐迩 (wénmíngxiá'ěr)
舉世聞名 / 举世闻名 (jǔshìwénmíng)
遐邇聞名 / 遐迩闻名 (xiá'ěrwénmíng)
遠近聞名 / 远近闻名