Chinese word dictionary

失眠

shīmián · to suffer from insomnia

Word information

Simplified失眠
Traditional失眠
Pinyinshīmián
Part of speech
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.05

How to learn 失眠

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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