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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
black
HSK 2
blackboard / CL: 塊|块, 個|个
HSK 2
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
night
HSK 6
black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
HSK 7-9
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
(computing) (loanword) hacker
HSK 7-9
ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery)
HSK 7-9
dirty money
(astronomy) black hole
dark spot or blotch on the skin
(bird species of China) greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis)
(bird species of China) black-headed bulbul (Brachypodius melanocephalos)
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
(HK) torrential rain ≥ 70 mm per hour (highest level in the rainstorm warning system)
(bird species of China) Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
(bird species of China) western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江
(bird species of China) kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)
(bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
(bird species of China) black-throated accentor (Prunella atrogularis)
Pinot noir (grape type)
(bird species of China) Saunders's gull (Saundersilarus saundersi)
argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words
Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵, known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion
(bird species of China) Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)
black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
(bird species of China) mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado)
dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道) / the underworld; criminal gangs
black person / an illegal
jet
(bird species of China) saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
(bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate
blacklist
(bird species of China) black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)
lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery
black armband
see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省 / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets
shadow / darkness / twilight
black hair
black market
(bird species of China) black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市 (abbr. to )
Kuroshio current
stern or displeased expression; to show such an expression
black pigment / melanin
(Internet slang) (loanword) hate
mafia
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
(lit. and fig.) dark side
(bird species of China) Hodgson's redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni)
rye (Secale cereale)
blackboard bulletin with short news items written on it (can usually be found in factories, schools etc)
poison pen letter (Tw)
black piece (in Chinese chess); black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot
(slang) hater; detractor
Dark Ages
black and white TV
obsidian (mining)
can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right
Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus
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 Sea
night; nightfall
Heihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
pitch dark
(bird species of China) black wood pigeon; Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
pitch-dark
pupil of the eye
clarinet
dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
black / dark / dusky / indistinct
Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
(Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and served together on a plate (from Taiwanese 烏白切, Tai-lo pr. [oo-pe̍h-tshiat], where 烏白 means "as one pleases")
blackcurrant
Heishan, a county in Jinzhou City 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
Black Flag Army
poison pen letter
bubonic plague / Black Death
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
dim; dark; murky / black
black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)
sable (Martes zibellina)
Aedes, a genus of mosquito
pitch-dark
criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate
common chimpanzee
blackmail
(airplane) black box
pitch-black / pitch-dark
black bear
black box / fig. system whose internal structure is unknown

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