黑白 meaning in English

hēibái

black and white; right and wrong

HSK 7-9noun17 strokes

Meaning of 黑白

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hēibái
  1. black and white
  2. right and wrong
  3. monochrome

黑白 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

那nà幅fú画huà是shì黑hēi白bái的de。
The picture is in black and white.
婴yīng儿ér不bù懂dǒng得de分fēn是shì非fēi黑hēi白bái。
A baby has no knowledge of good and evil.
就jiù连lián小xiǎo孩hái子zi也yě会huì分fēn辨biàn是shì非fēi黑hēi白bái。
Even a child knows right from wrong.
我wǒ有yǒu一yī只zhī黑hēi白bái斑bān点diǎn狗gǒu。
I have a black and white speckled dog.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

黑 hēi · black · 12 strokes

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白 bái · white · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 黑白.

明白míngbaiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
白天báitiāndaytime; during the day
黑色hēisèblack
白色báisèwhite; fig. reactionary
黑板hēibǎnblackboard
白菜báicàiChinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to re
黑暗hēi'àndark; darkly
白酒báijiǔbaijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2
黑夜hēiyènight
白领báilǐngwhite-collar; white-collar worker
坦白tǎnbáihonest; forthcoming
黑客hēikè(computing) (loanword) hacker

Questions about 黑白

What does 黑白 mean?

黑白 (hēibái) means "black and white; right and wrong" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 黑白?

黑白 is made of 2 characters: 黑 (12 strokes), 白 (5 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 黑白 an HSK word?

Yes. 黑白 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.