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  hak1 haak1   jyutping
  hei1   pinyin
[1] black; dark
[2] secret; shady; unlawful
[3] wicked; sinister; evil
[4] (of facial expression) gloomy; glum

Jyutping hak1 is literary reading; haak1 is colloquial.
adjective
Stroke count: 12
Level: 1
Radical: (#203)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 26177 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Jun 2013 06:48

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detail  hak1 baak6  hei1 bai2 = black and white, right and wrong
detail  hak1 baan2  hei1 ban3 = blackboard
detail  hak1 sam1  hei1 xin1 = wicked
detail  maan5 haak1   = at night; nighttime
detail  je6 maan5 haak1   = at night; nighttime
detail  haak1 sik1; hak1 sik1  hei1 se4 = black
detail  haak1 zai2   = unlucky
detail  haak1 baak6 soeng1*2   = black and white photos
detail  hak1 maa1 maa1   = variant of 黑麻麻
detail  hak1 maa4*1 maa4*1   = very dark; pitch black
See all 169 compounds (CantoDict reports 179 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 黑
detail
He's tanned.
[Lit. he shine arrive (very) black]
detail audio 今日黑仔
I'm so unlucky today!
detail 我們黑板一個正方形.
Let's draw a square on the blackboard.
detail 老虎身上很多棕色條紋
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.
detail 街燈照住黑暗角落
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.
detail 噴泉前面黑色
There's a beautiful cat in front of the fountain.
[Lit. fountain front-face have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] black-colour cat.]
detail 黑猛猛
This room is pitch black.
detail 曬太陽黑猛猛
He sunbathed so much he got a great tan.
[Lit. he shine-sun shine-arrive pitch black. 佢曬到黑猛猛 is okay too.]
detail audio 見到即刻黑面
Once he saw me, he gave me a stern look.
detail 家下𨂾光黑嚟唔切
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.
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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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