黑 hēi

black; dark; evil, sinister

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DEFINITIONS

  • black
  • dark
  • evil, sinister
  • abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
  • black
  • dark
  • sinister
  • secret
  • shady
  • illegal
  • to hide (sth) away
  • to vilify
  • (loanword) to hack (computing)

STROKES

黑 stroke order diagram
黑 stroke order animation

WORDS

黑痣 hēi zhì mole
黑貂 hēi diāo sable (Martes zibellina)
起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
黑格尔 hēi gé ěr Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
黑洞洞 hēi dòng dòng pitch-dark
黑炭 hēi tàn coal; charcoal; (of skin) darkly pigmented; charcoal (color); bituminous coal (mining)
波黑 bō hēi abbr. for 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那[Bo1 si1 ni2 ya4 he2 Hei1 sai4 ge1 wei2 na4] Bosnia and Herzegovina
黑不溜秋 hēi bù liū qiū dark and swarthy
黑店 hēi diàn lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction); fig. a scam; protection racket; daylight robbery
黑沉沉 hēi chēn chēn pitch-black
黑黢黢 hēi qū qū pitch-black; pitch-dark
黑龙江 hēi lóng jiāng Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈尔滨; Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia; Amur river
混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white; to say that black is white; fig. not to distinguish right from wrong
起早摸黑 qǐ zǎo mō hēi see 起早貪黑|起早贪黑[qi3 zao3 tan1 hei1]
黑咕隆咚 hēi gu lōng dōng pitch-black; pitch-dark
黑忽忽 hēi hū hū variant of 黑糊糊[hei1 hu1 hu1]
黑色金属 hēi sè jīn shǔ ferrous metals (i.e. iron, chromium, manganese and alloys containing them)
一团漆黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-black; (fig.) to be completely in the dark
一團漆黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-black; (fig.) to be completely in the dark
一条路走到黑 yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom); fig. to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course
一條路走到黑 yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom); fig. to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course
一条道走到黑 yī tiáo dào zǒu dào hēi to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course
一條道走到黑 yī tiáo dào zǒu dào hēi to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course
一黑早 yī hēi zǎo at dawn; early in the morning
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫 bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo ， zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
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