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black hair
(airplane) black box
a fraudulently used credit card
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
dim; dark; murky / black
(bird species of China) black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
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  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2
(bird species of China) black-throated prinia (Prinia atrogularis)
(bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
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
(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
(bird species of China) Père David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
Hei Hu Quan - "Black Tiger Fist" - Martial Art
Black Forest / Schwarzwald
Herzegovina
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
common chimpanzee
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery)
HSK 7-9
blackcurrant; cassis
Dark Ages
(loanword) hackathon
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
blackboard / CL: 塊|块, 個|个
HSK 2
Black Sea
dark and swarthy
poison pen letter (Tw)
(lit. and fig.) dark side
black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
HSK 7-9
black pigment / melanin
(bird species of China) common iora (Aegithina tiphia)
(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
(bird species of China) black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)
criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate
(bird species of China) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)
(bird species of China) black-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri)
obsidian (mining)
argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words
vinyl
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
hacker terminology / leetspeak
contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome
(bird species of China) rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris)
The Matrix (1999 movie)
The Sopranos (US TV series)
(bird species of China) black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
black person / an illegal
dark spot or blotch on the skin
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
black coal
black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市 (abbr. to )
blackmail
(computing) (loanword) hacker
HSK 7-9
dark and forbidding
Heihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
(bird species of China) red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate
dirty money
bold characters; bold font
pitch-black / pitch-dark
unregistered resident or household / unlicensed shop
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)
(bird species of China) black kite (Milvus migrans)
obsidian (mining)
bubonic plague / Black Death
(bird species of China) common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
blackberry
rye (Secale cereale)
black box / flight recorder / opaque system (computing)
stock market manipulator
Black Flag Army
(bird species of China) black wood pigeon; Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
pitch-dark
pitch dark / also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火
(bird species of China) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti)
(bird species of China) Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
(bird species of China) brant (Branta bernicla)
see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省 / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
blackcurrant
black market
jet
black
HSK 2
a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
(bird species of China) Hodgson's redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni)
(neologism 2019) rioting by black-clothed protesters in Hong Kong
Kuroshio current
(bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
(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")
black box / fig. system whose internal structure is unknown
dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye

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