令聞

令聞

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honorable	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (令聞)		令	聞
simp. (令闻)		令	闻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngwún
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-wên²
    • Yale: lìng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqwen
    • Palladius: линвэнь (linvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: lihng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² mɐn²¹/

Noun

令聞

1. (literary) good name; reputation

   • 亹亹文王、令聞不已。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     亹亹文王、令闻不已。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wěiwěi Wén Wáng, lìngwén bùyǐ. [Pinyin]

     Full of earnest activity was king Wen,
     And his fame is without end.