mēn

Traditional: 悶

HSK 7–9

闷 (mēn) is a Chinese word meaning “stuffy; shut indoors; to smother”.

Meanings

  1. 1stuffy
  2. 2shut indoors
  3. 3to smother
  4. 4to cover tightly
Part of speech
adjective, verb

Related words

郁闷gloomy闷bored闷闷不乐depressed沉闷oppressive (of weather)纳闷puzzled苦闷depressed闷热sultry解闷to relieve boredom or melancholy生闷气to seethe烦闷moody; gloomy愁闷depressed逗闷子(dialect) to joke

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