憋悶

Chinese

		hold in (urine); to hold (breath); to choke hold in (urine); to hold (breath); to choke; stifle; restrain; hold back	melancholy; smother; stuffy
trad. (憋悶)		憋	悶
simp. (憋闷)		憋	闷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biēmen, biēmèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝ ˙ㄇㄣ, ㄅㄧㄝ ㄇㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit³ mun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biēmen
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝ ˙ㄇㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bieme̊n
    • Wade–Giles: pieh¹-mên⁵
    • Yale: byē-men
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bie.men
    • Palladius: бемэнь (bemɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ⁵⁵ mən²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biēmèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝ ㄇㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biemèn
    • Wade–Giles: pieh¹-mên⁴
    • Yale: byē-mèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biemenn
    • Palladius: бемэнь (bemɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ⁵⁵ mən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit³ mun⁶
    • Yale: bit muhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁸ mun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid³ mun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚³ muːn²²/

Adjective

憋悶

1. suffocated; feeling tight in the chest
2. oppressed; depressed; dejected

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 懊呃
• (depressed):

• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)