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

• 黑喉鸦雀(黑喉鴉雀) black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis)
• 黑线鳕(黑線鱈) haddock
• 焦黑 burnt black; sunburned
• 黑魖魖 pitch-black; dark
• 黑顶麻雀(黑頂麻雀) saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
• 夹炭黑陶(夾炭黑陶) charcoal-mixed black pottery
• 黑白林鵖 Jerdon's bush chat (Saxicola jerdoni)
• 黑猩猩(黑猩猩) common chimpanzee
• 一团漆黑(一團漆黑) pitch-black; (fig.) to be completely in the dark
• 黑格 Haig; Haigh; Hague; Heeger
• 黑皮诺(黑皮諾) Pinot noir (grape type)
• 数黑论黄(數黑論黃) to enumerate what is black and yellow; to criticize somebody behind his back to incite quarrels
• 黑顶蛙口鸱(黑頂蛙口鴟) Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)
• 黑脸噪鹛(黑臉噪鶥) masked laughingthrush (Garrulax perspicillatus)
• 黑卷尾 black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
• 黑眉雀鹛(黑眉雀鶥) Huet's fulvetta (Alcippe hueti)
• 黑话(黑話) argot; bandits' secret jargon; malicious words
• 金头黑雀(金頭黑雀) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
• 黑兀鹫(黑兀鷲) red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
• 黑曜岩 obsidian (mining)
• 黑顶噪鹛(黑頂噪鶥) black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine)
• 碳黑 soot; carbon black
• 白纸黑字(白紙黑字) (written) in black and white
• 黑颏穗鹛(黑頦穗鶥) black-chinned babbler (Stachyridopsis pyrrhops)
• 黑洞洞 pitch-dark
• 黑冠长臂猿(黑冠長臂猿) black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
• 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫(不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓) it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black
• 黑市 black market
• 黑色金属(黑色金屬) ferrous metals (i.e. iron, chromium, manganese and alloys containing them)
• 黑背燕尾 black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
• 黑幕 hidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets
• 黑喉山鹪莺(黑喉山鷦鶯) hill prinia (Prinia superciliaris)
• 黑体字(黑體字) bold letter
• 黑鹇(黑鷳) kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)
• 黑尾鸥(黑尾鷗) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)
• 黑喉雪雀 Pere David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
• 黑茶藨子 blackcurrant; cassis
• 白地黑花瓷 black painted porcelain with white base
• 黑喉山雀 black-bibbed tit (Poecile hypermelaenus)
• 黑道 dark road; criminal ways; the underworld
• 黑胸太阳鸟(黑胸太陽鳥) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
• 黑鬼 black devil
• 乌黑(烏黑) jet-black; dark
• 黑斑蝗莺(黑斑蝗鶯) common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia)
• 黑貂 sable (Martes zibellina)
• 黑加仑(黑加侖) blackcurrant
• 一条道走到黑(一條道走到黑) to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course
• 黑额山噪鹛(黑額山噪鶥) snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax sukatschewi)
• 黑五类(黑五類) the five black categories

Also contained in

黑森林 、 拉黑

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
• 黑牛 (黑牛) 家無故而黑牛生白犢 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — 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
• 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
• 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