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闷热

mēn rè

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 悶熱

闷热 (mēn rè) means "sultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 闷热 means

1. sultry
2. sultriness
3. hot and stuffy
4. stifling hot

The characters in 闷热

• 闷mènbored; depressed; melancholy
• 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)

Example sentences

• 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.
• 台北的夏天非常闷热潮湿喔！
  Summer in Taipei is very hot and humid!
• 天气一闷热，我的心情就不好。
  Hot and humid weather puts me in a bad mood.

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