失眠
shīmián
to suffer insomnia
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 他最近压力很大,经常失眠。He’s been under a lot of stress lately and often can’t sleep.
- 晚上喝太多咖啡会失眠。Drinking too much coffee at night causes insomnia.
Collocations
经常失眠失眠症严重失眠整夜失眠
Mnemonic
失 shī "to lose" + 眠 mián "sleep": to lose sleep, i.e. to suffer insomnia. 眠 has the eye radical 目. 失眠症 = insomnia (as a condition). Opposite of 睡眠 (sleep). Used as a verb (失眠了).
Related
睡眠入睡熬夜安眠
Quick check
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