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漆黑

qī hēi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

漆黑 (qī hēi) means "pitch-black". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 漆黑 means

1. pitch-black

The characters in 漆黑

• 漆qīpaint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
• 黑hēiblack; dark; sinister

Example sentences

• 天色漆黑。
  It is pitch dark.
• 外面一片漆黑。
  It's all dark outside.
• 那是个漆黑的没有月光的夜晚。
  Nàshi gè qīhēi de méiyǒu yuèguāng de yèwǎn.
  It was a dark night, with no moon.
• 突然一切变成漆黑一片，我失去了意识。
  Suddenly everything went black and I lost consciousness.
• 走进了漆黑的隧道后，我们什么也看不见。
  Zǒujìn le qīhēi de suìdào hòu, wǒmen shénme yě kànbujiàn.
  On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.
• 走进了漆黑的隧道后，我们甚么也看不见。
  On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.

Words starting with 漆黑

• 漆黑一团qī hēi yī tuánpitch-black; (fig.) to be completely in the dark

Words containing 漆黑

• 一团漆黑yī tuán qī hēipitch-dark; (fig.) completely in the dark; totally ignorant of; (fig.) grim…

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qī hēi correctly.
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