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黑
Hēi
1. abbr. for Heilongjiang province [[黑龍江|黑龙江<Hēilóngjiāng>]]
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 12 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

黑
hēi
black; dark; evil, sinister
HSK 2 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

傍黑
bànghēi
dusk
天黑
tiānhēi
to get dark
打黑
dǎhēi
to crack down on illegal activities
抹黑
mǒhēi
to discredit
拉黑
lāhēi
to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)
揭黑
jiēhēi
to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc)
摸黑
mōhēi
to grope about in the dark
晒黑
shàihēi
to sunbathe
月黑
yuèhēi
the dark
棕黑
zōnghēi
dark brown
油黑
yóuhēi
glossy black
波黑
BōHēi
abbr. for Bosnia-Herzegovina
涉黑
shèhēi
gang-related
浅黑
qiǎnhēi
dark
漆黑
qīhēi
pitch-black
乌黑
wūhēi
jet-black
HSK 6
焌黑
jùnhēi
pitch black
碳黑
tànhēi
soot
老黑
lǎohēi
(coll.) black person
腹黑
fùhēi
(slang) outwardly kind but inwardly evil

Alternate Entries

黑
hēi
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
518
Word Frequency Rank
719 of 84,292

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