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Jyutping jan1 man4
Pinyin xīn wén

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, formal
    to be delighted to hear
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    欣闻欧洲华文作家协会成立二十年了,我自然而然想起了“十年树木,百年树人”的老话,颇多感慨。如果换一种表述方式,那是否可以说:人生几个二十年?
    欣聞歐洲華文作家協會成立二十年了,我自然而然想起了“十年樹木,百年樹人”的老話,頗多感慨。如果換一種表述方式,那是否可以説:人生幾個二十年?
    xīn wén ōu zhōu huá wén zuò jiā xié huì chéng lì èr shí nián le , wǒ zìránérrán xiǎng qǐ le “ shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén ” de lǎo huà , pō duō gǎn kǎi . rú guǒ huàn yī zhǒng biǎo shù fāng shì , nà shì fǒu kě yǐ shuō : rén shēng jǐ gè èr shí nián ?
    • Being glad to hear that it had been twenty years since CWAE was founded, I automatically remembered that old saying, "it takes a long time to produce a competent person". Many feelings welled up inside my mind. If I change its way of expression, then could it be "How many 'twenty years' are there in a person's life?"