纳闷儿

nàmènr · HSK 7

puzzled

😕 纳 take-in + 闷 stuffy = a stuffy feeling taken inside leaves you puzzled; -儿 is erhua

闷 — door 門 + heart 心
A semantic compound: 心 (heart) enclosed by 門 (door) depicts a heart shut behind a closed door, evoking stuffiness and depression. Read mēn it means stuffy or airless; read mèn it means bored, depressed, or sealed up tight.

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