闷骚

悶騷
mēnsāo
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 outwardly reserved but inwardly passionate
  2. 2 quietly wild
  3. 3 still waters run deep (of a person)

Examples

Tā píngshí tèbié lǎoshi, hē diǎn jiǔ jiù chànggē, diǎnxíng mēnsāo.
He's the quiet type day-to-day but belts out songs after a drink — classic men-sao.
Bié kàn tā ānjìng, qíshí kě mēnsāo le.
Don't let the quiet fool you — she's secretly wild.

Tips

register
Colloquial, usually playful rather than insulting. Describes an MBTI-style gap between public calm and private intensity, often used for introverts who reveal a party-animal side in private.
mistakes
The here is read mēn (stuffy / bottled-up), not mèn (depressed). Getting the tone wrong sounds off to native speakers.

Stroke Order

mèn
sāo