| 所闻 | suǒ wén | heard / what one hears |  |
| 传来 | chuán lái | (of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive |  |
| 闻言 | wén yán | to have heard what was said | |
| 见闻 | jiàn wén | what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience | |
| 听闻 | tīng wén | to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard | |
| 鸦雀无声 | yā què wú shēng | lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom) / not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence | |
| 万籁俱寂 | wàn lài jù jì | not a sound to be heard (idiom) | |
| 大鸣大放 | dà míng dà fàng | (idiom) to freely air one's views / to be heard far and wide / to attract a lot of attention | |
| 耳熟能详 | ěr shú néng xiáng | what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom) | |
| 如是我闻 | rú shì wǒ wén | so I have heard (idiom) / the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism) | |
| 朝闻夕改 | zhāo wén xī gǎi | lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom) | |
| 万籁无声 | wàn lài wú shēng | not a sound to be heard (idiom) / dead silent | |
| 时有所闻 | shí yǒu suǒ wén | heard from time to time / one keeps hearing that... | |
| 视听材料 | shì tīng cái liào | evidence of material seen and heard / oral testimony | |
| 未听到 | | nothing heard | |
| 仅听到 | | heard only / H only | |
