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沉闷 chénmèn

沉闷 chénmèn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 沉闷 chénmèn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chénmèn | chen2 men4
English translation
oppressive (of weather)
heavy
depressed
not happy
(of sound) dull
muffled

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Traditional form

沉悶

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 沉闷 chénmèn

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chēn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and chēn represents the sound. Variant of chén .

Positional decomposition

氵冗

Number of Strokes

7
mēn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Mén represents the sound. Simplified form of mèn .

Phonetic compound

Mén

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

门心

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 沉闷 chénmèn

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de huà gěi 沉闷 chénmèn de 讲话 jiǎng huà 增添 zēngtiān le fēn 轻松 qīngsōng de 气氛 qìfēn .

His words provided some comic relief in what was really a dull speech.

gǎn shuì zài 家里 jiā lǐ 感到 gǎn dào 沉闷 chénmèn 无聊 wúliáo .

I dare say you're dull at home.

只要 zhǐyào Néng 打破 dǎ pò 他们 tā men 日常 rìcháng 刻板 kè bǎn 沉闷 chénmèn de 生活 shēnghuó 任何 rènhé 事情 shìqing 他们 tā men dōu 喜欢 xǐhuan

They enjoy anything that breaks the dullness of their routine life.

ràng 这场总体 zǒng tǐ hěn 沉闷 chénmèn de 辩论 biànlùn 时不时 shí bù shí 迸出 le xiē 火花 huǒ huā

He managed to lighten the generally lifeless debate at times.

zài 东柏林就餐 jiù cān 曾经 céngjīng shì 一件危险 wēixiǎn 而且 érqiě 沉闷 chénmèn 无趣 wú qù de 事情 shìqing

Eating in East Berlin used to be a hazardous and joyless experience.

沉闷 chénmèn Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 沉闷 chénmèn and their own compounds.

沉闷 chénmèn Compounds

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