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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2
blackboard / CL: 塊|块, 個|个
HSK 2
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
black
HSK 2
(bird species of China) black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
to grope about in the dark
(airplane) black box
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995), wartime predecessor of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
a fraudulently used credit card
dim; dark; murky / black
ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery)
HSK 7-9
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江
Heilongjiang River / Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia)
(bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
to get dark / dusk
(bird species of China) Père David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
Tehran, capital of Iran
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
Hei Hu Quan - "Black Tiger Fist" - Martial Art
black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
HSK 7-9
Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
Black Forest / Schwarzwald
dark; dim
night
HSK 6
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
jet-black / dark
mafia
Dark Ages
criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate
black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
common chimpanzee
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
(bird species of China) snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi)
(computing) (loanword) hacker
HSK 7-9
blackcurrant; cassis
dusk
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
the dark / night
(loanword) hackathon
short-finned eel (Anguilla australis)
Yakuza (Japanese mafia)
black and white TV
jet-black / pitch-dark
whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 紅名單|红名单 and 黑名單|黑名单
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world
to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand
Black Sea
bold characters; bold font
to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
dark and swarthy
sunspot
Diablo (video game series)
dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented
darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
poison pen letter (Tw)
(lit. and fig.) dark side
to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime
black pigment / melanin
Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市 (abbr. to )
see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省 / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
(Internet slang) to make fun of oneself
to darken
to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc) / whistle-blowing
lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong
(slang) bullshit
Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc)
gang-related case / criminal case
blacklist
Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
obsidian (mining)
(coll.) black person
soot / carbon black
bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate
(bird species of China) black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
hacker terminology / leetspeak
lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get / fig. to only make matters worse
contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome
to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄
(bird species of China) rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris)
Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵, known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion
The Sopranos (US TV series)
(bird species of China) Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)
lit. black brick kiln / factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
black person / an illegal
(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
dark spot or blotch on the skin
black coal

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