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hēi
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English Definitionblack; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (something) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing); abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江
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Pinyinhēi
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(After Tone Sandhi)
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Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄏㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping)hak1
Part of Speech(形) adjective
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=5

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黑板hēibǎnblackboard
黑色hēisèblack
黑暗hēi'àndark; darkly; darkness
黑夜hēiyènight
黑社会hēi shèhuìcriminal underworld; organized crime syndicate
Words With Same Tail Word    
漆黑qīhēipitch-black
天黑tiānhēito get dark; dusk
慕尼黑mù ní hēiMünchen or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
波黑bōhēiabbr. for 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 Bosnia and Herzegovina
乌黑wūhēijet-black; dark
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