闷

mèn

gloomy, depressed, melancholy

How to write 闷, stroke by stroke

stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly; bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed

Pictophonetic: semantic 心 (heart), phonetic 门

Made of 门 + 心

郁闷yù mèngloomy; depressed
纳闷nà mènpuzzled; bewildered
沉闷chén mènoppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
闷热mēn rèsultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy; stifling hot
苦闷kǔ mèndepressed; dejected; feeling low
闷闷不乐mèn mèn bù lèdepressed; sulky; moody; unhappy
闷屁mēn pìsilent fart
闷酒mèn jiǔalcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
闷雷mèn léimuffled thunder; (fig.) sudden shock; blow
闷骚mēn sāo(coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
忧闷yōu mèndepressed; full of worries; feeling down
打闷雷dǎ mèn léi(coll.) to wonder secretly; to make wild conjectures

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.
天气一闷热，我的心情就不好。
tiān qì yì mēn rè ， wǒ de xīn qíng jiù bù hǎo 。
Hot and humid weather puts me in a bad mood.
夏天总是闷热而又潮湿。
xià tiān zǒng shì mēn rè ér yòu cháo shī 。
Summer is always hot and humid.
这位老教授的讲座冗长而沉闷。
zhè wèi lǎo jiào shòu de jiǎng zuò rǒng cháng ér chén mèn 。
The old professor's lectures are long-winded and ponderous.
她感到闷闷不乐的。
tā gǎn dào mèn mèn bú lè de 。
She felt blue.