黑

hēi · hei/Hēi · hei

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Meaning

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hēi 黑

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

Hēi 黑

  1. abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江 / 黑龙江 (Hēi lóng jiāng)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

黑(hēi)海(hǎi)里(lǐ)的(de)水(shuǐ)事(shì)实(shí)上(shàng)是(shì)黑(hēi)的(de)吗(ma)?

Is the water in the Black Sea actually black?

Tatoeba: Chinese by pig8322 · English by derpapottamus · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

等(děng)到(dào)警(jǐng)察(chá)来(lái)的(de)时(shí)候(hou),天(tiān)大(dà)概(gài)也(yě)黑(hēi)了(le)吧(ba)。

It will be dark by the time the police come here.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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