远
近
闻
名

To be known far and wide in Chinese: 远近闻名 (yuǎn jìn wén míng)

yuǎn jìn wén míng

to be known far and wide

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 遠近聞名1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to be known far and wide
  2. 2to be well-known

Stroke order

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远
近
闻
名

Zhuyin

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ㄩㄢˇ

yuǎn

ㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄣˋ

jìn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨㄣˊ

wén

ㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄇㄧㄥˊ

míng

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

远近闻名

Simplified

遠近聞名

Traditional

Example sentences

See 远近闻名 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这家饭馆的菜远近闻名。

    zhè jiā fàn guǎn de cài yuǎn jìn wén míng。

    This restaurant's food is famous far and wide.

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Related words

近

jìn

near

远

yuǎn

far

闻

wén

to hear

名

míng

name

名字

míng zi

name (of a person or thing)

附近

fù jìn

nearby

新闻

xīn wén

news

有名

yǒu míng

famous

最近

zuì jìn

recently

报名

bào míng

to sign up

永远

yǒng yuǎn

forever

著名

zhù míng

famous

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