Word information
Simplified黑暗
Traditional黑暗
Pinyinhēi’àn
Part of speech形
HSK 3.06
HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 黑暗
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黑色hēisè
black
黑板hēibǎnblackboard; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
暗àn(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4]); dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant; variant of 暗[an4]
黑hēiHeilongjiang Province (abbr. for 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]); black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
暗示ànshìto hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
暗地里àndìlǐsecretly; inwardly; on the sly