催眠

cuīmián

verb HSK 7-9 #5,532

Meanings

Literally 'induce sleep' - hypnosis or putting to sleep

HSK 4

医生用催眠的方法帮他治疗。

Yīshēng yòng cuīmián de fāngfǎ bāng tā zhìliáo.

The doctor used hypnosis to help treat him.

HSK 4

这首音乐有催眠的效果。

Zhè shǒu yīnyuè yǒu cuīmián de xiàoguǒ.

This music has a sleep-inducing effect.

usage

催眠 can refer to clinical hypnosis (催眠术 = hypnotherapy) or colloquially to anything that makes you drowsy: 这节课太催眠了 (this class is so sleep-inducing).

催 cuī

眠 mián