纳 nà
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 内 inside
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
纳闷儿
nàmènr
to feel puzzled; to be bewildered
Characters in this word
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 她纳闷儿，为什么猫今天不肯吃饭。 Tā nàmènr, wèishénme māo jīntiān bù kěn chīfàn. She wondered why the cat refused to eat today.
- 他把门锁好了，却纳闷儿钥匙怎么不见了。 Tā bǎ mén suǒ hǎo le, què nàmènr yàoshi zěnme bú jiàn le. He had locked the door, yet wondered where the key had gone.
- 大家都纳闷儿，平时准时的他今天怎么迟到了。 Dàjiā dōu nàmènr, píngshí zhǔnshí de tā jīntiān zěnme chídào le. Everyone was puzzled why he, who is usually on time, was late today.
Related words
- 采纳 cǎinà to adopt, to accept
- 归纳 guīnà to summarise; to induce
- 交纳 jiāonà to pay; to hand in
- 缴纳 jiǎonà to pay; to hand in
- 接纳 jiēnà to accept; to admit; to accommodate
- 纳入 nàrù to include; to bring into
- 纳税 nàshuì to pay taxes
- 纳税人 nàshuìrén taxpayer
- 容纳 róngnà to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate
- 吸纳 xīnà to absorb; to admit; to recruit
- 沉闷 chénmèn oppressive; dull; stuffy
- 烦闷 fánmèn depressed; gloomy; vexed