Chinese symbol for “muffled”
沉闷
chén mèn
Traditional: 沉悶
oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for muffled is 沉闷 (chén mèn), defined as: oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “muffled”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沉闷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy; hard |
| 沉淀 (沈澱) | chén diàn | variant of 沉淀 (chén diàn) |
| 沉浸 | chén jìn | to soak; to permeate |
| 沉睡 | chén shuì | to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered |
| 郁闷 (鬱悶) | yù mèn | gloomy; depressed |
| 纳闷 (納悶) | nà mèn | puzzled; bewildered |
| 闷热 (悶熱) | mēn rè | sultry; sultriness |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.