闷

mēn

HSK 7-93 readings

“Stuffy” in Chinese is 闷 (mēn).

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Meaning

stuffy
shut indoors
to smother

Show 7 more meanings

to cover tightly
bored
depressed
melancholy
sealed
airtight
tightly closed

Example

这位老教授的讲座冗长而沉闷。

The old professor's lectures are long-winded and ponderous.

From 沉闷 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

mènbored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed
mēnstuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 闷

沉闷chénmènoppressive (of weather)HSK 7-9 烦闷fánmènmoody; gloomyHSK 7-9 纳闷儿nàmènrerhua variant of 納悶|纳闷[na4 men4]HSK 7-9

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