纳闷 (納悶)
nà mèn
Pinyin

Definition

纳闷 (納悶)
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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

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)

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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