hēi

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Definitions

  1. 1. black
  2. 2. dark
  3. 3. sinister
  4. 4. secret
  5. 5. shady
  6. 6. illegal
  7. 7. to hide (sth) away
  8. 8. to vilify
  9. 9. (loanword) to hack (computing)

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Words Containing 黑

乌黑
wū hēi

jet-black

黑夜
hēi yè

night

黑客
hēi kè

hacker (computing) (loanword)

黑心
hēi xīn

ruthless and lacking in conscience

黑手
hēi shǒu

(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes

黑暗
hēi àn

dark

黑板
hēi bǎn

blackboard

黑白
hēi bái

black and white

黑色
hēi sè

black

黑马
hēi mǎ

dark horse

一团漆黑
yī tuán qī hēi

pitch-black

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi

lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)

一条道走到黑
yī tiáo dào zǒu dào hēi

to stick to one's ways

一黑早
yī hēi zǎo

at daybreak

倭黑猩猩
wō hēi xīng xing

bonobo

傍黑
bàng hēi

dusk

克氏黑鳍鳈
kè shì hēi qí quán

Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys czerskii), a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Amur River basin

则辣黑
zé là hēi

Zerah (name)

哈马黑拉岛
hā mǎ hēi lā dǎo

Halmahera, an island of Indonesia

唱黑脸
chàng hēi liǎn

to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc)

塞尔维亚和黑山
sāi ěr wéi yà hé hēi shān
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi

all crows are black (idiom)

天黑
tiān hēi

to get dark

太阳黑子
tài yáng hēi zǐ

sunspot

太阳黑子周
tài yáng hēi zǐ zhōu

sunspot cycle

小黑领噪鹛
xiǎo hēi lǐng zào méi

(bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger)

幕后黑手
mù hòu hēi shǒu

malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes

往脸上抹黑
wǎng liǎn shàng mǒ hēi

to bring shame to

德黑兰
dé hēi lán

Tehran, capital of Iran

愈描愈黑
yù miáo yù hēi

see 越描越黑[yuè miáo yuè hēi]

慕尼黑
mù ní hēi

München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany

打黑
dǎ hēi

to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime

抹黑
mǒ hēi

to discredit

拉黑
lā hēi

to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)

扫黑
sǎo hēi

to crack down on illegal activities

揭黑
jiē hēi

to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc)

摸黑
mō hēi

to grope about in the dark

数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi

to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels

数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái

to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels

数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng

to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels

日本黑道
rì běn hēi dào

Yakuza (Japanese mafia)

昏天黑地
hūn tiān hēi dì

lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)

暗黑
àn hēi

dark; dim

暗黑破坏神
àn hēi pò huài shén

Diablo (video game series)

晒黑
shài hēi

to sunbathe

月黑
yuè hēi

moonless (night)

月黑天
yuè hēi tiān

the dark

棕背黑头鸫
zōng bèi hēi tóu dōng

(bird species of China) Kessler's thrush (Turdus kessleri)

棕黑
zōng hēi

dark brown

油黑
yóu hēi

glossy black

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà

Bosnia and Herzegovina

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国
bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà gòng hé guó

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那[bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà]

洗黑钱
xǐ hēi qián

money laundering

涉黑
shè hēi

gang-related

涉黑案
shè hēi àn

gang-related case

混淆黑白
hùn xiáo hēi bái

to confuse black and white

浅黑
qiǎn hēi

dark

漆黑
qī hēi

pitch-black

漆黑一团
qī hēi yī tuán

pitch-black

乌漆墨黑
wū qī mò hēi

jet-black

乌漆抹黑
wū qī mā hēi

see 烏漆墨黑|乌漆墨黑[wū qī mò hēi]

乌黑色
wū hēi sè

black

焌黑
jùn hēi

pitch black

烟黑叉尾海燕
yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn

(bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)

白斑黑石䳭
bái bān hēi shí jí

(bird species of China) pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata)

白纸黑字
bái zhǐ hēi zì

(written) in black and white

白肩黑鹮
bái jiān hēi huán

(bird species of China) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)

白腹黑啄木鸟
bái fù hēi zhuó mù niǎo

(bird species of China) white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)

白颊黑雁
bái jiá hēi yàn

(bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)

白发人送黑发人
bái fà rén sòng hēi fà rén

to see one's child die before oneself

眼色素层黑色素瘤
yǎn sè sù céng hēi sè sù liú

uveal melanoma

蒙蒙黑
mēng mēng hēi

dusk

矮黑人
ǎi hēi rén

black dwarf (pejorative term for non-Han people)

碳黑
tàn hēi

soot

穆黑
mù hēi

Islamophobe

粉转黑
fěn zhuǎn hēi

(Internet slang) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor

红胸黑雁
hóng xiōng hēi yàn

(bird species of China) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)

红黑名单
hóng hēi míng dān

whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 紅名單|红名单[hóng míng dān] and 黑名單|黑名单[hēi míng dān]

老黑
lǎo hēi

(coll.) black person

背黑锅
bēi hēi guō

to be made a scapegoat

腹黑
fù hēi

(slang) outwardly kind but inwardly evil

自黑
zì hēi

(Internet slang) to make fun of oneself

褪黑素
tuì hēi sù

melatonin

变黑
biàn hēi

to darken

起早摸黑
qǐ zǎo mō hēi

see 起早貪黑|起早贪黑[qǐ zǎo tān hēi]

起早贪黑
qǐ zǎo tān hēi

to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late

越描越黑
yuè miáo yuè hēi

lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get

近朱者赤,近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi

those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)

退黑激素
tuì hēi jī sù

melatonin

开黑店
kāi hēi diàn

lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)

阿黑门尼德王朝
ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo

Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)

非黑即白
fēi hēi jí bái

black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)

颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái

lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately

黎明前的黑暗
lí míng qián de hēi àn

darkness comes before dawn

黑不溜秋
hēi bù liū qiū

dark and swarthy

黑五
hēi wǔ

Black Friday

黑五类
hēi wǔ lèi

the \five black categories\ (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists

黑人
hēi rén

black person

黑信
hēi xìn

blackmail

黑兀鹫
hēi wù jiù

(bird species of China) red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)

黑冠山雀
hēi guān shān què

(bird species of China) rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris)

黑冠椋鸟
hēi guān liáng niǎo

(bird species of China) Brahminy starling (Sturnia pagodarum)

黑冠长臂猿
hēi guān cháng bì yuán

black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)

黑冠鳽
hēi guān yán

(bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)

黑冠鹃隼
hēi guān juān sǔn

(bird species of China) black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)

黑冠黄鹎
hēi guān huáng bēi

(bird species of China) black-crested bulbul (Pycnonotus flaviventris)

黑加仑
hēi jiā lún

blackcurrant

黑匣子
hēi xiá zi

(airplane) black box

黑卡
hēi kǎ

a fraudulently used credit card

黑卷尾
hēi juǎn wěi

(bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

黑叉尾海燕
hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn

(bird species of China) Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)

黑吃黑
hēi chī hēi

(of a villain) to do the dirty on another villain

黑名单
hēi míng dān

blacklist

黑命贵
hēi mìng guì

Black Lives Matter (social movement)

黑咕隆咚
hēi gu lōng dōng

pitch-black

黑哨
hēi shào

(soccer etc) corrupt officiating

黑啄木鸟
hēi zhuó mù niǎo

(bird species of China) black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

黑喉噪鹛
hēi hóu zào méi

(bird species of China) black-throated laughingthrush (Garrulax chinensis)

黑喉山雀
hēi hóu shān què

(bird species of China) black-bibbed tit (Poecile hypermelaenus)

黑喉山鹪莺
hēi hóu shān jiāo yīng

(bird species of China) hill prinia (Prinia superciliaris)

黑喉岩鹨
hēi hóu yán liù

(bird species of China) black-throated accentor (Prunella atrogularis)

黑喉歌鸲
hēi hóu gē qú

(bird species of China) blackthroat (Calliope obscura)

黑喉毛角燕
hēi hóu máo jiǎo yàn

(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)

黑喉潜鸟
hēi hóu qián niǎo

(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)

黑喉石䳭
hēi hóu shí jí

(bird species of China) Siberian stonechat (Saxicola maurus)

黑喉红尾鸲
hēi hóu hóng wěi qú

(bird species of China) Hodgson's redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni)

黑喉红臀鹎
hēi hóu hóng tún bēi

(bird species of China) red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

黑喉缝叶莺
hēi hóu féng yè yīng

(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)

黑喉雪雀
hēi hóu xuě què

(bird species of China) Pere David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)

黑喉鸦雀
hēi hóu yā què

(bird species of China) black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis)

黑嘴
hēi zuǐ

stock market manipulator

黑嘴端凤头燕鸥
hēi zuǐ duān fèng tóu yàn ōu

(bird species of China) Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini)

黑嘴松鸡
hēi zuǐ sōng jī

(bird species of China) black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)

黑嘴鸥
hēi zuǐ ōu

(bird species of China) Saunders's gull (Chroicocephalus saundersi)

黑塞哥维那
hēi sài gē wéi nà

Herzegovina

黑压压
hēi yā yā

see 烏壓壓|乌压压[wū yā yā]

黑天半夜
hēi tiān bàn yè

lit. the black sky of midnight

黑奴吁天录
hēi nú yù tiān lù

Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾

黑客帝国
hēi kè dì guó

The Matrix (1999 movie)

黑客文
hēi kè wén

hacker terminology

黑客松
hēi kè sōng

hackathon (loanword)

黑尾地鸦
hēi wěi dì yā

(bird species of China) Mongolian ground jay (Podoces hendersoni)

黑尾塍鹬
hēi wěi chéng yù

(bird species of China) black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)

黑尾蜡嘴雀
hēi wěi là zuǐ què

(bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)

黑尾鸥
hēi wěi ōu

(bird species of China) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)

黑尿症
hēi niào zhèng

alkaponuria

黑屁
hēi pì

(slang) bullshit

黑山
hēi shān

Montenegro, former Yugoslavia

黑山县
hēi shān xiàn

Heishan county in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning

黑市
hēi shì

black market

黑帖
hēi tiě

poison pen letter

黑幕
hēi mù

hidden details

黑帮
hēi bāng

bunch of gangsters

黑店
hēi diàn

lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)

黑影
hēi yǐng

shadow

黑心食品
hēi xīn shí pǐn

contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome

黑户
hēi hù

unlicensed shop

黑手党
hēi shǒu dǎng

mafia

黑斑
hēi bān

dark spot or blotch on the skin

黑斑蚊
hēi bān wén

Aedes, a genus of mosquito

黑斑蝗莺
hēi bān huáng yīng

(bird species of China) common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia)

黑旋风
hēi xuàn fēng

Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[lǐ kuí], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion

黑旗军
hēi qí jūn

Black Flag Army

黑暗时代
hēi àn shí dài

Dark Ages

黑暴
hēi bào

(neologism 2019) rioting by black-clothed protesters in Hong Kong

黑曜岩
hēi yào yán

obsidian (mining)

黑曜石
hēi yào shí

obsidian (mining)

黑木耳
hēi mù ěr

Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus

黑板报
hēi bǎn bào

blackboard bulletin with short news items written on it (can usually be found in factories, schools etc)

黑枕燕鸥
hēi zhěn yàn ōu

(bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)

黑枕王鹟
hēi zhěn wáng wēng

(bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)

黑枕黄鹂
hēi zhěn huáng lí

(bird species of China) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

黑林鸽
hēi lín gē

(bird species of China) Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)

黑枯茗
hēi kū míng

black cumin

黑格尔
hēi gé ěr

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher

黑桃
hēi táo

spade ♠ (in card games)

黑框
hēi kuàng

black frame (around a funerary portrait or obituary)

黑森林
hēi sēn lín

Black Forest

黑森林蛋糕
hēi sēn lín dàn gāo

Black Forest cake

黑森森
hēi sēn sēn

dark and forbidding

黑死病
hēi sǐ bìng

bubonic plague

黑比诺
hēi bǐ nuò

Pinot noir (grape type)

黑水
hēi shuǐ

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[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan

黑水城
hēi shuǐ chéng

ruins of Heishui Town of Xixia 西夏[xī xià] people, in Ejin Banner 額濟納旗|额济纳旗[é jì nà qí], Alxa League 阿拉善盟[ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia

黑水县
hēi shuǐ xiàn

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[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan

黑水鸡
hēi shuǐ jī

(bird species of China) common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

黑汗王朝
hēi hán wáng cháo

Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century

黑沉沉
hēi chén chén

pitch-black

黑河
hēi hé

Heihe prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China

黑河地区
hēi hé dì qū

Heihe prefecture, Heilongjiang

黑河市
hēi hé shì

Heihe prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China

黑洞
hēi dòng

(astronomy) black hole

黑洞洞
hēi dòng dòng

pitch-dark

黑浮鸥
hēi fú ōu

(bird species of China) black tern (Chlidonias niger)

黑海
hēi hǎi

Black Sea

黑海番鸭
hēi hǎi fān yā

(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta nigra)

黑漆麻花
hēi qī má huā

pitch-dark

黑潮
hēi cháo

Kuroshio current

黑泽明
hēi zé míng

Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director

黑炭
hēi tàn

coal