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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 黑暗

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
黑暗 hēi àn - dark
- darkly
- darkness

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 1,655 4,781 3,267

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hēi- abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
hēi- black
- dark
- sinister
- secret
- shady
- illegal
- to hide (sth) away
- to vilify
- (loanword) to hack (computing)
àn- dark
- to turn dark
- secret; hidden
- (literary) confused; ignorant
àn- variant of 暗[an4]
àn- (literary) to close (a door)
- to eclipse
- confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4])
- dark (variant of 暗[an4])

Other Words Containing 黑暗

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
黑暗 - 4 1,655 4,781 3,267
黑暗面 - - 24,646 - -