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闷 meaning in English

mēn

stuffy; shut indoors

HSK 7-9adjectiveverbTraditional 悶7 strokes

Meaning of 闷

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mēn
  1. stuffy
  2. shut indoors
  3. to smother
  4. to cover tightly
mèn
  1. bored
  2. depressed
  3. melancholy
  4. sealed
  5. airtight
  6. tightly closed

闷 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ闷mèn了le吗ma？
Are you getting bored?
我wǒ纳nà闷mèn我wǒ为wèi什shén么me不bù该gāi那nà样yàng做zuò。
I wonder why I shouldn't do that.
天tiān气qì一yī闷mēn热rè，我wǒ的de心xīn情qíng就jiù不bù好hǎo。
Hot and humid weather puts me in a bad mood.
有yǒu不bù少shǎo小xiǎo朋péng友yǒu看kàn起qǐ来lái闷mèn闷mèn不bù乐lè。
Quite a few of the children looked unhappy.
她tā感gǎn到dào闷mèn闷mèn不bù乐lè的de。
She felt blue.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

闷 mēn · stuffy · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 闷.

沉闷chénmènoppressive (of weather); heavy
烦闷fánmènmoody; gloomy
纳闷儿nàmènrerhua variant of 納悶|纳闷[na4 men4]
郁闷yùmèngloomy; depressed
纳闷nàmènpuzzled; bewildered
闷闷不乐mènmènbùlèdepressed; sulky
闷热mēnrèsultry; sultriness
苦闷kǔmèndepressed; dejected

Questions about 闷

What does 闷 mean?

闷 (mēn) means "stuffy; shut indoors" and is used as a adjective and verb.

How do you write 闷?

闷 is made of 1 character: 闷 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 闷 an HSK word?

Yes. 闷 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 闷 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 闷 is written 悶.

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