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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)
(airplane) black box
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)
(bird species of China) Père David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
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
night
HSK 6
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
mafia
Dark Ages
criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate
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
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island
(loanword) hackathon
short-finned eel (Anguilla australis)
black and white TV
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
Black Sea
bold characters; bold font
dark and swarthy
poison pen letter (Tw)
(lit. and fig.) dark side
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
(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
blacklist
Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
obsidian (mining)
bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate
(bird species of China) black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
hacker terminology / leetspeak
contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome
(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
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
dirty money
black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)
(bird species of China) Chinese nuthatch (Sitta villosa)
(bird species of China) black-throated thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
blackmail
(bird species of China) red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
dark and forbidding
Pinot noir (grape type)
Heihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
(bird species of China) black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
pitch-black / pitch-dark
to blacken / (slang) to undergo a transformation to a malevolent personality (often, precipitated by intense psychological stress)
(astronomy) black hole
melanoma (type of skin cancer)
argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words
obsidian (mining)
(bird species of China) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
bubonic plague / Black Death
(bird species of China) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti)
(bird species of China) pale-billed parrotbill (Suthora atrosuperciliaris)
(bird species of China) black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda)
stern or displeased expression; to show such an expression
blackberry
(bird species of China) Brahminy starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
black box / flight recorder / opaque system (computing)
stock market manipulator
(bird species of China) common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
pitch-dark
(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta americana)
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
(bird species of China) brant (Branta bernicla)
(bird species of China) black kite (Milvus migrans)
blackcurrant
black market
jet
(bird species of China) black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)

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