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

• 数黄道黑(數黃道黑) to enumerate what is black and yellow; to criticize somebody behind his back to incite quarrels
• 黑熊 Asiatic black bear
• 黑头白鹮(黑頭白䴉) black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
• 黑颈鹤(黑頸鶴) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
• 黑虎拳 Hei Hu Quan; Black Tiger Fist
• 黑信 blackmail
• 月黑天 the dark; night
• 黑暗 dark ; corrupt; evil
• 黑潮 Kuroshio current
• 黑痣 mole
• 黑颏果鸠(黑頦果鳩) black-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri)
• 黑颈鸫(黑頸鶇) black-throated thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
• 黑枪(黑槍) an illegal gun ; to shoot secretly or by surprise
• 太阳黑子周(太陽黑子周) sunspot cycle
• 乌黑色(烏黑色) black; crow-black
• 塞尔维亚和黑山(塞爾維亞和黑山) Serbia and Montenegro
• 黑店 inn that kills and robs guests (especially in traditional fiction); a scam; protection racket
• 黑马(黑馬) dark horse; unexpected winner
• 黑魖魖 pitch-black; dark
• 黑管 clarinet
• 退黑激素 melatonin
• 打黑 to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime
• 穆黑 Islamophobe
• 黑产(黑産) cybercrime industry
• 漆黑 pitch black; very dark ; a dark black color
• 油黑 glossy black
• 黑脸鹟莺(黑臉鶲鶯) black-faced warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps)
• 黑车(黑車) unlicensed or unofficial taxi; unlicensed motor vehicle
• 黑匣子 (airplane) black box
• 黑嘴鸥(黑嘴鷗) Saunders's gull
• 黑额山噪鹛(黑額山噪鶥) snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax sukatschewi)
• 黑腹燕鸥(黑腹燕鷗) black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda)
• 黧黑 black
• 黑天半夜 the black sky of midnight; very late at night
• 浓黑(濃黑) dark
• 黑绿(黑綠) dark green; deep green
• 黑心 a black heart
• 黑客文 hacker terminology; leetspeak
• 黑素瘤 melanoma (type of skin cancer)
• 黑莓 a blackberry
• 黑喉岩鹨(黑喉岩鷚) black-throated accentor (Prunella atrogularis)
• 黑貂 sable (Martes zibellina)
• 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black
• 黑雁 brant goose (Branta bernicla)

Also contained in

黑陶 、 黑山 、 白纸写黑字 、 黑格尔 、 黑玉河 、 黑盒测试 、 黑森林

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
• 衣黑 (衣黑) 衣黑衣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 9
• 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
• 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
• 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