悶 (mèn)
stuffy/bored/depressed
How 悶 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 門 — gate
- Traditional
- 悶
- Simplified
- 闷
悶 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- mēn
- stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly
- mèn
- bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed
Common words using 悶
- 鬱悶 yùmèn
- gloomy; depressed
- 沉悶 chénmèn
- oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed
- 納悶 nàmèn
- puzzled; bewildered
- 胸悶 xiōngmēn
- chest pain; chest distress
- 苦悶 kǔmèn
- depressed; dejected; feeling low
- 悶悶不樂 mènmènbùlè
- depressed; sulky; moody
- 悶熱 mēnrè
- sultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy
- 悶聲不響 mēnshēngbùxiǎng
- to keep silent
- 悶葫蘆 mènhúlu
- lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery
- 悶酒 mènjiǔ
- alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
- 憂悶 yōumèn
- depressed; full of worries; feeling down
- 憋悶 biēmen
- to feel oppressed; to be depressed; to feel dejected
悶 in a sentence
房間裡好悶，我們開個窗戶吧。
Fángjiān lǐ hǎo mèn, wǒmen kāi ge chuānghù ba.
“It's so stuffy in the room; let's open a window.”
How common is 悶?
悶 is the 1,827th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.4% of all running text.
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