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悶 (闷)

mèn

Definition

bored
depressed
melancholy
sealed
airtight
tightly closed

Other pronunciations

mēn

stuffy
shut indoors
to smother
to cover tightly

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

to cook in a covered vessel; to casserole; to stew

Related words (20)

alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows

muffled thunder; (fig.) sudden shock; blow

(lit.) closed gourd; (fig.) enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person

mèn mèn bù lè

depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy

depressed; full of worries; feeling down

to divert oneself from melancholy

to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness

oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled

moody; gloomy

puzzled; bewildered

depressed; dejected; feeling low

to relieve boredom or melancholy; a diversion

to dispel anguish

gloomy; depressed

(coll.) to wonder secretly; to make wild conjectures

shēng mèn qì

to seethe; to sulk; to be pissed off (vulgar)

(to feel) puzzled; (to be) bewildered; (to be) perpexpled; to wonder

(dialect) to joke

tóu hūn nǎo mèn

fainting and giddy; one's head spins

liáo yǐ jiě mèn

relaxation

Idioms (2)

sàn xīn jiě mèn

to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)

xiāo chóu jiě mèn

(lit.) to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom; to dispel depression or melancholy; to relieve stress; a relaxing pass-time

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