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安眠药

安眠药 (ān mián yào): Sleeping pill (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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安眠药 consists of 3 characters.

peace, tranquility, safety

to sleep; to close the eyes

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Pinyinān mián yào

MeaningSleeping pill

Characters3

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word安眠药

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 安眠药.

Words with 安

安静ān jìngHSK 3
安全ān quánHSK 4
安排ān páiHSK 4
安检ān jiǎnHSK 4
晚安wǎn ānHSK 4
不安bù ānHSK 5
保安bǎo ānHSK 5
安慰ān wèiHSK 5

Words with 眠

失眠shī miánHSK 5
睡眠shuì miánHSK 5
休眠xiū miánHSK 7-9
催眠cuī miánHSK 7-9

Words with 药

药店yào diànHSK 2
中药zhōng yàoHSK 5
药品yào pǐnHSK 5
药物yào wùHSK 5
医药yī yàoHSK 6
火药huǒ yàoHSK 6
炸药zhà yàoHSK 7-9
草药

cǎo yào

HSK 7-9

3.

How to Use 安眠药 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 安眠药 with other words naturally.

Measure Word + Nounwith片

yī一

piàn片

ān安

mián眠

yào药

neutral

a sleeping pill

Verb + Object

chī吃

ān安

mián眠

yào药

neutral

take sleeping pills

Noun + Nounwith副作用

ān安

mián眠

yào药

fù副

zuò作

yòng用

4.

Example Sentences with 安眠药

wǒ我

chī吃

le了

ān安

mián眠

yào药

shuì

yī依

lài赖

ān安

mián眠

yào药

formal

rely on sleeping pills

formal

side effects of sleeping pills

睡

jiào觉

。

I took sleeping pills to sleep.

yī医

shēng生

jiàn建

yì议

tā他

shuì睡

qián前

fú服

yòng用

yí一

piàn片

ān安

mián眠

yào药

。

The doctor advised him to take a sleeping pill before bed.

yī医

shēng生

jǐng警

gào告

shuō说

，

cháng长

qī期

fú服

yòng用

ān安

mián眠

yào药

kě可

néng能

huì会

chǎn产

shēng生

yī依

lài赖

xìng性

。

The doctor warned that long-term use of sleeping pills may lead to dependency.

nǐ你

zuó昨

wǎn晚

shì是

bu不

shì是

yòu又

wàng忘

le了

chī吃

ān安

mián眠

yào药

cái才

méi没

shuì睡

hǎo好

？

Did you forget to take your sleeping pill again last night, which is why you didn't sleep well?

yī医

shēng生

gěi给

wǒ我

kāi开

le了

ān安

mián眠

yào药

，

bāng帮

zhù助

wǒ我

gǎi改

shàn善

shuì睡

mián眠

。

The doctor prescribed sleeping pills to help me improve my sleep.

tā他

shēng声

chēng称

zì自

jǐ己

cóng从

wèi未

fú服

yòng用

guò过

rèn任

hé何

ān安

mián眠

yào药

lái来

zhù助

mián眠

。

He claimed that he had never taken any sleeping pills to aid his sleep.

zài在

cháng尝

shì试

le了

míng冥

xiǎng想

hé和

yùn运

dòng动

hòu后

，

tā她

cái才

jué决

dìng定

ǒu偶

ěr尔

shǐ使

yòng用

ān安

mián眠

yào药

。

Only after trying meditation and exercise did she decide to use sleeping pills occasionally.

yóu由

yú于

cháng长

qī期

shī失

mián眠

，

tā她

bù不

dé得

bù不

yī依

lài赖

ān安

mián眠

yào药

lái来

huò获

dé得

xiū休

xī息

。

Due to chronic insomnia, she has to rely on sleeping pills to get rest.

wǒ我

dé得

qù去

yào药

fáng房

yí一

tàng趟

，

wǒ我

de的

ān安

mián眠

yào药

kuài快

chī吃

wán完

le了

。

I need to go to the pharmacy; I'm almost out of my sleeping pills.