# 安眠药 (ānmiányào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 安眠药 (ānmiányào) means “sleeping pill”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: sleeping pill
- Pinyin: ānmiányào (an1 mian2 yao4)
- Traditional: 安眠藥
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- Measure word: 粒

## Examples

- 安眠药不能吃太多。
  Ānmiányào bù néng chī tài duō.
  You shouldn't take too many sleeping pills.

## Characters

- [安](https://hanziro.com/word/an-safe/) (ān): safe; peaceful
- 眠 (mián): to sleep; to hibernate
- [药](https://hanziro.com/word/yao-medicine/) (yào): medicine

https://hanziro.com/word/an-mian-yao-sleeping-pill/

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