悶
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mèn · gloomy, depressed, melancholy

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12Total strokes

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Top enclosureCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 悶

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Example sentences

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Tái wān de xià tiān hěn cháo shī mèn rè.台灣的夏天很潮濕悶熱。

Summers in Taiwan are sweltering.

Source: Tatoeba #13249683 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu bù shǎo xiǎo péng yǒu kàn qǐ lái mèn mèn bú lè.有不少小朋友看起來悶悶不樂。

Quite a few of the children looked unhappy.

Source: Tatoeba #13867401 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jīn tiān bù bǐ zuó tiān mèn rè.今天不比昨天悶熱。

It is less muggy today than it was yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba #801557 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tái běi de xià tiān fēi cháng mèn rè cháo shī wō!台北的夏天非常悶熱潮濕喔!

Taipei's summers are extremely hot and humid!

Source: Tatoeba #12624144 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ měi tiān dōu shì zuò yì mó yí yàng de dōng xī, nán dào bú huì jué dé mèn má?你每天都是做一模一樣的東西,難道不會覺得悶嗎?

I wonder if you don't get tired of doing the same thing every day.

Source: Tatoeba #417764 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Kā fēi ràng wǒ zài chén mèn de yīn lè huì zhōng bǎo chí qīng xǐng.咖啡讓我在沉悶的音樂會中保持清醒。

The coffee enabled me to stay awake during the dull concert.

Source: Tatoeba #846005 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 悶 in context

  1. Say mèn, then recall the core meaning: gloomy, depressed, melancholy.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the top enclosure balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 悶 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.