Meaning of 失眠
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shīmián
- to suffer from insomnia
失眠 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我有失眠症。
I can't sleep at night.
小李经常失眠，因为他的邻居老是大声地吵架。
Xiaoli often loses sleep because his neighbours are always arguing loudly.
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失 shī · to lose · 5 strokes
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眠 mián · sleep · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 失眠.
| 失去 | shīqù | to lose |
| 消失 | xiāoshī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 失败 | shībài | to be defeated; to lose |
| 失望 | shīwàng | disappointed; to lose hope |
| 失业 | shīyè | unemployment; to lose one's job |
| 损失 | sǔnshī | loss; damage |
| 睡眠 | shuìmián | sleep; to sleep |
| 失误 | shīwù | lapse; mistake |
| 丧失 | sàngshī | to lose; to forfeit |
| 失踪 | shīzōng | to be missing; to disappear |
| 失控 | shīkòng | to go out of control |
| 迷失 | míshī | to get lost; to lose one's bearings |
Questions about 失眠
What does 失眠 mean?
失眠 (shīmián) means "to suffer from insomnia".
How do you write 失眠?
失眠 is made of 2 characters: 失 (5 strokes), 眠 (10 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 失眠 an HSK word?
Yes. 失眠 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.