悶

mèn

gloomy, depressed, melancholy

How to write 悶, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 心 (heart), phonetic 門

Made of 門 + 心

鬱悶yù mèngloomy; depressed
納悶nà mènpuzzled; bewildered
沉悶chén mènoppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
悶熱mēn rèsultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy; stifling hot
苦悶kǔ mèndepressed; dejected; feeling low
悶悶不樂mèn mèn bù lèdepressed; sulky; moody; unhappy
悶屁mēn pìsilent fart
悶酒mèn jiǔalcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
悶雷mèn léimuffled thunder; (fig.) sudden shock; blow
悶騷mēn sāo(coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
憂悶yōu mèndepressed; full of worries; feeling down
打悶雷dǎ mèn léi(coll.) to wonder secretly; to make wild conjectures

今天不比昨天悶熱。
jīn tiān bù bǐ zuó tiān mèn rè 。
It is less muggy today than it was yesterday.
咖啡讓我在沉悶的音樂會中保持清醒。
kā fēi ràng wǒ zài chén mèn de yīn lè huì zhōng bǎo chí qīng xǐng 。
The coffee enabled me to stay awake during the dull concert.
臺北的夏天非常悶熱潮濕喔！
tái běi de xià tiān fēi cháng mèn rè cháo shī wō ！
Summer in Taipei is very hot and humid!