闷 (mèn) means Stuffy (shut oneself in - slient). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
跑完步他胸口有点 闷 。
Pǎo wán bù tā xiōngkǒu yǒudiǎn mēn.
After running his chest felt a little tight.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胸
会议的气氛十分沉 闷 。
Huìyì de qìfēn shífēn chénmèn.
The atmosphere of the meeting was thoroughly oppressive.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沉闷
天气沉 闷 ，好像要下雨了。
Tiānqì chénmèn, hǎoxiàng yào xià yǔ le.
The weather is close and heavy, as if it is about to rain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沉闷
他一直纳 闷 儿她为什么不来。
Tā yìzhí nà mènr tā wèishénme bù lái.
He kept wondering why she did not come.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纳闷儿
我纳 闷 儿了半天也没想明白。
Wǒ nà mènr le bàntiān yě méi xiǎng míngbai.
I puzzled over it for ages and still could not work it out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纳闷儿
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Words that contain 闷
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Questions about 闷
How is 闷 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 闷 (mèn, "Stuffy (shut oneself in - slient)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 闷 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 闷 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 闷?
The dictionary page for 闷 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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