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  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2
black tea / CL: , 壺|壶
HSK 3
black cloud
HSK 6
black
HSK 2
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
black hair
(airplane) black box
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  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
HSK 5
entirely different / different as black and white
HSK 7-9
dim; dark; murky / black
luxuriant black hair
ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery)
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)
(bird species of China) black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
(bird species of China) black-throated prinia (Prinia atrogularis)
(bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黗* | 黗* | *黗
yellowish-black
(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
Pu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan
monochrome / monochromatic / black and white
Hei Hu Quan - "Black Tiger Fist" - Martial Art
black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
HSK 7-9
Black Forest / Schwarzwald
silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) / also written 玄狐
black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
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  *鰦* | 鰦* | *鰦
(archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang)
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
black bean / black bean sauce
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黰* | 黰* | *黰
bushy black hair
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
jet-black / dark
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  *玄* | 玄* | *玄
black / mysterious
HSK 7-9
to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
black rice; purple rice
Black Sea
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
deep black
all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world
black pigment / melanin
(bird species of China) black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)
lit. to lose one's black hat / to be sacked from an official post
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
(bird species of China) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)
(bird species of China) black-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri)
to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious
HSK 7-9
(coll.) black person
soot / carbon black
typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伭* | 伭* | *伭
(literary) cruel; ruthless / (literary) dark red; black
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *將* | 將* | *將
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烏* | 烏* | *烏
crow / black
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
(bird species of China) black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis)
(bird species of China) black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
flight recorder / black box
black person / an illegal
black coal
black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
reverse type (white on black) / reversed-out (graphics) / highlighting (of selected text on a computer screen)
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿 of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙, White Tiger 白虎, Vermilion Bird 朱雀, Black Tortoise 玄武
lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson / see also 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡
black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦
pitch-black / pitch-dark
black / crow-black
(written) in black and white
black lead / graphite / plumbago
(astronomy) black hole
(bird species of China) black kite (Milvus migrans)
pitch-black
lustrous and black / jet-black
(bird species of China) black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus)
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
flight recorder / black box
bubonic plague / Black Death
Black Friday
black box / flight recorder / opaque system (computing)
glossy black
(bird species of China) black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
black cardamom / (dialect) strawberry
(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
bone black / animal charcoal
Black Flag Army
(bird species of China) black wood pigeon; Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
(bird species of China) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黻* | 黻* | *黻
(archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong
fiendish / black-hearted
Sochi (city on the Black Sea in Russia)

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