沉闷 chénmèn▶ opresivo; retraído

Stroke order

沉闷 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 沉 — 7 strokes
• 闷 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. oppressive (of weather)
2. heavy
3. depressed
4. not happy
5. (of sound) dull
6. muffled

Related words

• 沉思Meditación
• 沉淀ceder; disminuir
• 沉着sereno; con la cabeza fría
• 沉重pesado
• 深沉profundo
• 纳闷儿sentirse perplejo

沉闷 is pronounced chénmèn and means “opresivo; retraído”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 沉闷 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.