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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 黑白

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
黑白 hēi bái - black and white
- right and wrong
- monochrome

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
- 8 10,543 7,746 4,348

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)
bái- surname Bai
bái- white
- snowy
- pure
- bright
- empty
- blank
- plain
- clear
- to make clear
- in vain
- gratuitous
- free of charge
- reactionary
- anti-communist
- funeral
- to stare coldly
- to write wrong character
- to state
- to explain
- vernacular
- spoken lines in opera

Other Words Containing 黑白

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
黑白 - 8 10,543 7,746 4,348
黑白分明 - - 26,963 52,271 33,071
颠倒黑白 - - 40,477 49,710 35,357
混淆黑白 - - 70,294 - 113,280