忽闻

Traditional form:

忽聞

Pinyin (reading):

hūwén

Definitions:

• to hear suddenly
• to learn of sth unexpectedly

Characters:

• 忽 - suddenly, abruptly; to neglect
• 闻 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known

Traditional characters:

• 忽 - suddenly, abruptly; to neglect
• 聞 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known