黑 hēi▶ hitam

Stroke order

黑 is written in 12 strokes.

• 黑

Senses

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)

Example sentences

• 他的狗是黑的。Tā de gǒu shì hēi de.His dog is black.
• 你喜欢黑衣服吗？Nǐ xǐhuan hēi yīfu ma?Do you like black clothes?

Related words

• 颜色warna
• 红merah
• 白putih
• 蓝biru
• 绿hijau
• 紫ungu
• 灰abu
• 粉色Merah muda
• 色彩warna
• 鲜艳Berwarna-warni

黑 is pronounced hēi and means “hitam”. It belongs to the HSK 2 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 黑 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.