闷
mēnmèn HSK7

gloomy

闷 (悶) mēn frequency
stuffy adjective
lacking fresh air or feeling oppressed from being shut indoors

屋里太闷了，把窗户打开吧。

wū​li tài mēn le, bǎ chuāng​hu dǎ​kāi ba.

It's too stuffy in the room; open the window.

smother verb
to cover something tightly or seal it off to keep air out or steam in

先把锅盖上闷一会儿。

xiān bǎ guō gài shàng mēn yī​huì​r.

Cover the pot first and let it steam for a while.

闷 (悶) mèn
depressed adjective
feeling bored, gloomy, or melancholy

他整天关在家里，觉得很闷。

tā zhěng​tiān guān zài jiā​lǐ, jué​de hěn mèn.

He stays cooped up at home all day and feels very bored.

airtight verb
sealed or tightly closed

由于窗户全都关着，屋子里感觉特别闷。

yóu​yú chuāng​hu quán dōu guān zhe, wū​zi lǐ gǎn​jué tè​bié mèn.

Since all the windows are closed, the room feels particularly stuffy.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,830th most common 45.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,849th most common 25.3 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
10.5 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
21.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
悶
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+95F7

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)