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黑
Mandarin · pinyin hēi#
Meanings · hēi
- black
- dark
- sinister
- secret
- shady
- illegal
- to hide (sth) away
- to vilify
- (loanword) to hack (computing)
Mandarin · pinyin Hēi#
Meanings · Hēi
- short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江 Hēi lóng jiāng
Characters in this entry
- 黑
- hēi · black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
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Mandarin tones
1 · hei1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 15 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
haak1 · hak1
Cantonese word readings for 黑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- black
- dark; darkness
- evening; night
- illegal; clandestine; secret; shady
- (colloquial) to illegally reside (in a country)
- sinister; evil
- (computing) to crack; to hack
- (colloquial) to smear; to libel
- one who libels; one who smears
- (by extension) hater; anti-fan
- (Cantonese) unlucky; unfortunate
- (Hui, euphemistic) pig; pork
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 黑龍江／黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng, “Heilongjiang province”)
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) alternative form of 烏 /乌 (“black”)
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