# 默默无闻 (mòmòwúwén)

In Mandarin Chinese, 默默无闻 (mòmòwúwén) means “unknown to the public; obscure”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: unknown to the public; obscure
- Pinyin: mòmòwúwén (mo4 mo4 wu2 wen2)
- Traditional: 默默無聞
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这个小镇过去默默无闻。
  Zhège xiǎozhèn guòqù mòmòwúwén.
  This small town used to be unknown.

## Characters

- 默 (mò): silent; to write from memory
- [无](https://hanziro.com/word/wu-without/) (wú): (literary) without; no, not
- [闻](https://hanziro.com/word/wen-hear/) (wén): to hear; news

https://hanziro.com/word/mo-mo-wu-wen-unknown-public/

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