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悶

mèn

gloomy, depressed, melancholy

Strokes
12
Radical
心
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 闷

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 闷, the simplified form of 悶. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 你闷了吗?

    Nǐ mēn le ma

    Are you getting bored?

  • 天气一闷热,我的心情就不好。

    Tiān qì yī mēn rè wǒ de xīn qíng jiù bù hǎo

    Hot and humid weather puts me in a bad mood.

  • 我纳闷我为什么不该那样做。

    Wǒ nà mèn wǒ wèi shén me bù gāi nà yàng zuò

    I wonder why I shouldn't do that.

  • 她感到闷闷不乐的。

    Tā gǎn dào mèn mèn bù lè de

    She felt blue.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 闷

  • 沉闷chén mèn 2–4 oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
  • 纳闷儿nà mèn r 4–4 erhua variant of 纳闷; puzzled; bewildered
  • 闷mèn 4bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed
  • 烦闷fán mèn 2–4 moody; gloomy
  • 闷mēn 1stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly