闷

mēn

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adjective Uncommon

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闷

mèn Adjective bored; depressed

闷

mēn Adjective stuffy; shut indoors

Definitions

1. stuffy
2. shut indoors
3. to smother
4. to cover tightly

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Antonyms

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敞

chǎng

open to the view of all

封闭与开放

Related words

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闷热

mēn rè

sultry

由闷引起的热

Synonyms

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憋

biē

to choke

空气不流通引起的不舒服

Usage notes

Collocations

常与“热”连用，如“闷热”，指空气不流通且温度高。

Common mistakes

“闷”读mēn时只用于形容空气或感觉，读mèn时表示心情郁闷，如“闷闷不乐”。

Example Sentences

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房间里太闷了。

It's too stuffy in the room.

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Words Containing 闷

沉闷

chén mèn

oppressive (of weather)

moody; gloomy

silent fart

depressed

sultry

to keep silent

muffled

to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)

lit. closed gourd

alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows

muffled thunder

depressed

depressed

to feel oppressed

(coll.) to wonder secretly

排闷

pái mèn

to divert oneself from melancholy

散心解闷

sàn xīn jiě mèn

to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)

散闷

sàn mèn

to divert oneself from melancholy

to faint

lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom

to seethe

puzzled

to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent

chest pain

depressed

to relieve boredom or melancholy

(dialect) to joke

to dispel anguish

fainting and giddy

gloomy

puzzled