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mèn

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mèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mèn | men4
English translation
gloomy, depressed, melancholy

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About mèn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

mèn

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of mèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

門心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

mén

Explanation

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

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Words with mèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
郁闷 yù mèn gloomy鬱悶
mēn bored mèn
沉闷 chénmèn heavy沉悶
纳闷 nà mèn puzzled納悶
闷闷不乐 mèn mèn bù lè depressed悶悶不樂
苦闷 kǔ mèn depressed苦悶
闷热 mēn rè sultry悶熱
解闷 jiě mèn a diversion解悶
烦闷 fán mèn moody煩悶
生闷气 shēng mèn qì to seethe生悶氣
憋闷 biē men to feel oppressed憋悶
闷酒 mèn jiǔ alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows悶酒
闷雷 mèn léi blow悶雷
纳闷儿 nàmènr puzzled納悶兒
闷声不响 mēn shēng bù xiǎng to keep silent悶聲不響
愁闷 chóu mèn depressed愁悶
闷葫芦 mèn hú lu fig. enigma悶葫蘆
忧闷 yōu mèn depressed憂悶
闷声闷气 mēn shēng mēn qì muffled悶聲悶氣
逗闷子 dòu mèn zi (dialect) to joke逗悶子
消愁解闷 xiāo chóu jiě mèn to relieve stress消愁解悶
散闷 sàn mèn to divert oneself from melancholy散悶

mèn Decomposition & Compounds

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