# 失眠 (shīmián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 失眠 (shīmián) means “insomnia; to have trouble sleeping”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: insomnia; to have trouble sleeping
- Pinyin: shīmián (shi1 mian2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他最近工作压力大，经常失眠。
  Tā zuìjìn gōngzuò yālì dà, jīngcháng shīmián.
  He has been under a lot of work pressure recently and often has insomnia.

## Characters

- 失 (shī): to lose; to miss
- 眠 (mián): to sleep; to hibernate

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-mian-insomnia/

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