guk6 mun6焗悶焗闷

Jyutpingguk6 mun6

Yaleguhk muhn

形容詞

Definition

Sultry, stuffy, and suffocatingly hot.

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How it's used

Describes a physical environment that feels stifling or airless, often due to a lack of ventilation or high humidity. It carries a stronger sense of physical discomfort than just being hot, implying that breathing feels difficult or heavy. People often use it to complain about small, windowless spaces or crowded public transport during summer.

Examples

nei1呢dou6度hung1空hei3氣m4唔lau4流tung1通，zan1真hai6係hou2好guk6焗mun6悶aa4呀。

The air here is not circulating; it is really suffocating.

nei5你gok3覺dak1得le1呢gaan3間fong2房guk6焗mun6悶m4唔guk6焗mun6悶aa4呀？

Do you find this room suffocating?

Common phrases

guk6焗mun6悶dou3到tau3透m4唔dou3到hei3氣

so suffocating that one cannot breathe

Common mistake

Avoid using it to describe being bored, which is simply 悶. While 焗悶 implies a physical sensation of being trapped in a stuffy environment, 悶 refers strictly to a psychological state of boredom.