催眠 meaning in English

cuīmián

to lull to sleep; to hypnotize

HSK 7-9verb23 strokes

Meaning of 催眠

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cuīmián
  1. to lull to sleep
  2. to hypnotize

催眠 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ接jiē受shòu过guò催cuī眠mián吗ma?
Have you ever been under hypnosis?

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催 cuī · to urge · 13 strokes

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眠 mián · sleep · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 催眠.

睡眠shuìmiánsleep; to sleep
安眠药ānmiányàosleeping pill
失眠shīmiánto suffer from insomnia
休眠xiūmián(biology) dormant; (of a volcano) dormant
催促cuīcùto urge
冬眠dōngmiánto hibernate; hibernation
长眠chángmián(euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place)
入眠rùmiánto fall asleep
安眠ānmiánto sleep peacefully
催化剂cuīhuàjìcatalyst
催泪瓦斯cuīlèiwǎsītear gas

Questions about 催眠

What does 催眠 mean?

催眠 (cuīmián) means "to lull to sleep; to hypnotize" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 催眠?

催眠 is made of 2 characters: 催 (13 strokes), 眠 (10 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 催眠 an HSK word?

Yes. 催眠 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.