听闻

Traditional form:

聽聞

Pinyin (reading):

tīngwén

Definitions:

• to listen
• to hear what sb says
• news one has heard

Characters:

• 听 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
• 闻 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known

Traditional characters:

• 聽 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
• 聞 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known