纳闷
nà mèn
Pinyin

Definition

纳闷
 - 
nà mèn
  1. puzzled
  2. bewildered

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

闷
mēn
  1. 1 stuffy
  2. 2 shut indoors
  3. 3 to smother
  4. 4 to cover tightly
纳
Nà
  1. 1 surname Na
纳闷
nà mèn
  1. 1 puzzled
  2. 2 bewildered
纳豆
nà dòu
  1. 1 nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
纳达尔
Nà dá ěr
  1. 1 Nadal (name)
  2. 2 Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player
郁闷
yù mèn
  1. 1 gloomy
  2. 2 depressed
出纳
chū nà
  1. 1 cashier
  2. 2 to receive and hand over payment
  3. 3 to lend and borrow books
加纳
Jiā nà
  1. 1 Ghana
吸纳
xī nà
  1. 1 to take in
  2. 2 to absorb
  3. 3 to admit
  4. 4 to accept
塞纳河
Sāi nà Hé
  1. 1 Seine
容纳
róng nà
  1. 1 to hold
  2. 2 to contain
  3. 3 to accommodate
  4. 4 to tolerate (different opinions)
闷闷不乐
mèn mèn bù lè
  1. 1 depressed
  2. 2 sulky
  3. 3 moody
  4. 4 unhappy
闷热
mēn rè
  1. 1 sultry
  2. 2 sultriness
  3. 3 hot and stuffy
  4. 4 stifling hot
闷酒
mèn jiǔ
  1. 1 alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
闷骚
mēn sāo
  1. 1 (coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
戛纳
Jiá nà
  1. 1 Cannes (France)
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
  1. 1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
采纳
cǎi nà
  1. 1 to accept
  2. 2 to adopt
接纳
jiē nà
  1. 1 to admit (to membership)
摩纳哥
Mó nà gē
  1. 1 Monaco

Idioms (10)

吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
闷声发大财
mēn shēng fā dà cái
  1. 1 to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
  1. 1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn
  1. 1 to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
散心解闷
sàn xīn jiě mèn
  1. 1 to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)
海纳百川
hǎi nà bǎi chuān
  1. 1 all rivers run into the sea
  2. 2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
消愁解闷
xiāo chóu jiě mèn
  1. 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
  2. 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
  3. 3 to relieve stress
  4. 4 a relaxing pass-time
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
  1. 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  3. 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
藏垢纳污
cáng gòu nà wū
  1. 1 to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing
  2. 2 aiding and abetting wicked deeds
藏污纳垢
cáng wū nà gòu
  1. 1 to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing
  2. 2 aiding and abetting wicked deeds

Sample Sentences

我一直很纳闷，为什么这个节日被叫作端午节，像春节、清明节很多节日我们一看就明白是怎么回事，但这个端午是怎么来的呢？
wǒ yīzhí hěn nàmèn ，wèishénme zhè ge jiérì bèi jiàozuò duānwǔjié ，xiàng chūnjié 、qīngmíngjié hěn duō jiérì wǒmen yī kàn jiù míngbai shì zěnmehuíshì ，dàn zhè ge duānwǔ shì zěnme lái de ne ？
I've always been puzzled, why is Dragon Boat Festival called "Duanwu" Festival in Chinese. With Spring Festival or Tomb Sweeping Festival it is clear from the Chinese name what they're about, but where does the word "Duanwu" come from?
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这么厉害！我一直纳闷什么是超级碗啊？
zhème lìhai ！wǒ yīzhí nàmèn shénmeshì chāojí wǎn a ？
Wow! I've always been confused-- what is the Super Bowl?
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