
| mēn | stuffy/shut indoors/to smother/to cover tightly |
| mèn | bored/depressed/melancholy/sealed/airtight/tightly closed |
| 闷 | stuffy shut indoors to smother |
| 闷倦 | bored and listless |
| 闷坐 | To be bored |
| 闷堵 | suffocation; oppression |
| 闷声不响 | to keep silent |
| 闷声闷气 | in a muffled voice |
| 闷头儿 | silently; quietly |
| 闷子车 | boxcar |
| 闷棍 | a staggering blow |
| 闷死 | stifle; suffocation; to suffocate to death; to choke to death |
| 闷气 | stuffiness; the sulks |
| 闷沉沉 | depressed; gloomy |
| 闷烧 | to smolder |
| 闷热 | sultry sultriness hot and stuffy |
| 闷罐儿 | An airtight jar. |
| 闷罐车 | boxcar |
| 闷葫芦 | lit. closed gourd fig. enigma complete mystery |
| 闷葫芦罐儿 | earthenware money box; piggy bank |
| 闷酒 | alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows |
| 闷闷不乐 | depressed sulky moody |