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闷

mèn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 悶

What 闷 means

1. bored
2. depressed
3. melancholy
4. sealed
5. airtight
6. tightly closed

Other readings

闷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mēnstuffy; shut indoors; to smother

Example sentences

• 你闷了吗？
  Are you getting bored?
• 她感到闷闷不乐的。
  Tā gǎndào mènmènbùlè de.
  She felt blue.
• 今天不比昨天闷热。
  Jīntiān bù bǐ zuótiān mēnrè.
  It is less muggy today than it was yesterday.
• 夏天总是闷热而又潮湿。
  Xiàtiān zǒngshì mēnrè ér yòu cháoshī.
  Summer is always hot and humid.
• 台湾的夏天很潮湿闷热。
  Summers in Taiwan are sweltering.
• 我纳闷我为什么不该那样做
  Wǒ nàmèn wǒ wèishénme bù gāi nàyàng zuò
  I wonder why I shouldn't do that.

Words starting with 闷

• 闷热mēn rèsultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy
• 闷闷不乐mèn mèn bù lèdepressed; sulky; moody
• 闷屁mēn pìsilent fart
• 闷酒mèn jiǔalcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
• 闷雷mèn léimuffled thunder; (fig.) sudden shock; blow
• 闷骚mēn sāo(colloquial) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
• 闷声不响mēn shēng bù xiǎngto keep silent
• 闷声闷气mēn shēng mēn qìmuffled
• 闷声发大财mēn shēng fā dà cáito amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
• 闷葫芦mèn hú lulit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery

Words containing 闷

• 沉闷chén mènoppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed
• 郁闷yù mèngloomy; depressed
• 纳闷nà mènpuzzled; bewildered
• 苦闷kǔ mèndepressed; dejected; feeling low
• 烦闷fán mènmoody; gloomy
• 解闷jiě mènto relieve boredom or melancholy; a diversion
• 胸闷xiōng mēnchest pain; chest distress
• 憋闷biē mento feel oppressed; to be depressed; to feel dejected
• 生闷气shēng mèn qìto seethe; to sulk; to be pissed off (vulgar)
• 忧闷yōu mèndepressed; full of worries; feeling down
• 排闷pái mènto divert oneself from melancholy
• 散闷sàn mènto divert oneself from melancholy
• 遣闷qiǎn mènto dispel anguish
• 打闷雷dǎ mèn léi(colloquial) to wonder secretly; to make wild conjectures
• 逗闷子dòu mèn zi(dialect) to joke
• 散心解闷sàn xīn jiě mènto divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)
• 聊以解闷liáo yǐ jiě mènto use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent
• 头昏脑闷tóu hūn nǎo mènfainting and giddy; one's head spins
• 愁闷chóu mèndepressed; gloomy
• 消愁解闷xiāo chóu jiě mènlit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom…
• 殚闷dān mènto faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness
• 纳闷儿nà mèn rerhua variant of 纳闷

Characters built on 心

These share the phonetic component 心 (xīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 怎zěnhow
• 恩ēnfavor; grace; kindness; (colloquial) used like 嗯
• 忍rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate
• 恳kěnearnest
• 忿fènanger; indignation; hatred
• 懑mènmelancholy
• 恁nènto think; this; which?

Characters that look like 闷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 闯chuǎngto rush; to charge; to dash
• 闵Mǐnsurname Min
• 闰rùnintercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar…

Sounds the same

Read mèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 焖to cook in a covered vessel; to casserole; to stew
• 懑melancholy
• 暪dark