安眠药 (ān mián yào) — sleeping pill, sleeping tablet

Definition

Examples

• 医生建议她每晚服用一安眠药。
  Yī shēng jiàn yì tā měi wǎn fú yòng yì ān mián yào.
  The doctor recommended one sleeping pill every night.
• 这种安眠药的副作用比较大。
  Zhè zhǒng ān mián yào de fù zuò yòng bǐ jiào dà.
  This kind of sleeping pill has fairly strong side effects.
• 他靠安眠药才能睡着。
  Tā kào ān mián yào cái néng shuì zháo.
  He can only fall asleep with sleeping pills.