黑 hēi

1. hēi noun black
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color , Concept: Color 颜色
   Notes: For example, 白纸写黑字 'to write black characters on white paper [to clearly document the matter]' (Suyu. p. 22; Guoyu '黑' n 1; Kroll 2015 '黑' 1, p. 159; Unihan '黑')
2. hēi proper noun Heilongjiang
   Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Province 省
   Notes: Abbreviation for 黑龙江 (Guoyu '黑' n 2)
3. hēi noun Kangxi radical 203
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '黑' n 4)
4. hēi adjective dark
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 黑暗 (Guoyu '黑' adj 1; Unihan '黑')
5. hēi adjective evil; sinister; malicious
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 狠毒 (Guoyu '黑' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '黑' 2, p. 159; Unihan '黑')
6. hēi proper noun Hei
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '黑' n 3)
7. hēi verb to embezzle
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 吞没 or 私贪 (Guoyu '黑' v)
8. hēi adjective secret
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不公开的 (Guoyu '黑' adj 2)
9. hēi adjective illegal
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 黑市 'black market' (Guoyu '黑' adj 4)

Contained in

• 黑斑蚊 Aedes
• 矮黑人 black dwarf (pejorative term for non-Han people)
• 黑加仑(黑加侖) blackcurrant
• 扫黑(掃黑) to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime
• 黑颈鸬鹚(黑頸鸕鶿) little cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
• 黑鲩(黑鯇) black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
• 黑漆漆 extremely dark
• 黑煤玉 jet
• 黑脸琵鹭(黑臉琵鷺) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)
• 暗黑破坏神(暗黑破壞神) Diablo (video game series)
• 棕黑 dark brown
• 浅黑(淺黑) dark; gray; (of skin) lightly pigmented
• 数黑论白(數黑論白) to enumerate what is black and yellow; to criticize somebody behind his back to incite quarrels
• 粉转黑(粉轉黑) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor
• 白腹黑啄木鸟(白腹黑啄木鳥) white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
• 黑天鹅(黑天鵝) black swan
• 黑鳗(黑鰻) short-finned eel (Anguilla australis)
• 黑线鳕(黑線鱈) haddock
• 黑灯瞎火(黑燈瞎火) pitch dark
• 黑颏穗鹛(黑頦穗鶥) black-chinned babbler (Stachyridopsis pyrrhops)
• 背黑锅(背黑鍋) to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
• 黑喉雪雀 Pere David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
• 黑暗的角落 a dark corner
• 黑吃黑 (of a villain) to do the dirty on another villain
• 黑枣(黑棗) black date
• 金头黑雀(金頭黑雀) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
• 涉黑 gang-related criminal activities
• 黑枯茗 black cumin; Nigella sativa
• 揭黑 to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc); whistle-blowing
• 腹黑 outwardly kind but inwardly evil; two-faced
• 漆黑 pitch black; very dark ; a dark black color
• 黑心食品 contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome
• 黑粉 anti-fan
• 黑颈鹤(黑頸鶴) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
• 黑冠鹃隼(黑冠鵑隼) black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
• 黑长尾雉(黑長尾雉) mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado)
• 黑社会(黑社會) criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate
• 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black
• 缜黑(縝黑) dense black
• 黑客帝国(黑客帝國) The Matrix
• 黑糊糊 black; dark; dusky; indistinct
• 黑白无常(黑白無常) two deities, one short, one tall, chained together at the ankle, responsible for rewarding the good and punishing the bad
• 黑头角雉(黑頭角雉) western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
• 黑喉岩鹨(黑喉岩鷚) black-throated accentor (Prunella atrogularis)

Also contained in

黑龙江 、 德黑兰 、 黑龙江河 、 白纸写黑字 、 黑水 、 黑山县 、 黑河市

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《黑部》 Hēi Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 63
• 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 58
• 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 57
• 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 49
• 卷二十八 志第四 五行一 Volume 28 Treatises 4: Five Elements 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 47
• 卷五十二 志第五 天文五 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Astronomy 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 46
• 卷五十五 列傳第五: 薛舉 李軌 劉武周 高開道 劉黑闥 Volume 55 Biographies 5: Xue Ju, Li Gui, Li Wuzhou,Gao Kaidao, Liu Heita Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 39
• 卷21　志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 38
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
• 卷三百二十九 列傳第二百十七 西域一 Volume 329 Biographies 217: Western Regions 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 36

Collocations

• 白黑 (白黑) 則必以此人不知白黑之辯矣 — Mozi 墨子, 卷五 非攻上 Book 5 - Condemnation of Offensive War I — count: 35
• 黑肱 (黑肱) 鄭公孫黑肱有疾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
• 公孙黑 (公孫黑) 公孫黑為質焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
• 衣黑 (衣黑) 衣黑衣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 9
• 茎黑 (莖黑) 赨莖黑秀 — Guanzi 管子, 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials — count: 6
• 黑衣 (黑衣) 衣黑衣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 6
• 黑谓 (黑謂) 武城黑謂子常曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
• 黑臀 (黑臀) 宣子使趙穿逆公子黑臀于周 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 黑壤 (黑壤) 于黑壤 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 公子黑 (公子黑) 宣子使趙穿逆公子黑臀于周 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5