闷热 mēnrè sultry
sultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy; stifling hot
How to remember 闷热: 闷 gloomy + 热 hot = sultry.
Characters
How it is used
- Hot AND stuffy - heat with no air movement - 今天又闷又热 (jīntiān yòu mēn yòu rè) today is muggy and hot.
- Read mēn (stuffy), not mèn (depressed); the 闷 character carries both readings with different meanings.
- Captures humid, oppressive summer air where you can't breathe freely - stronger than plain 热.
Example sentences
- 夏天总是闷热而又潮湿。 Xiàtiān zǒngshì mēnrè ér yòu cháoshī.Summer is always hot and humid.