Meaning of 黑色
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- black
How to use 黑色
黑色 works as a noun for the color black, and it often goes before 的 to describe things. Example: 我喜欢黑色的衣服。(Wǒ xǐhuan hēisè de yīfu.) I like black clothes.
黑 (hēi) means black and 色 (sè) means color, so 黑色 is simply "black color." Picture a dark night sky as the color 黑 paints over everything.
Common mistake: Learners often say 黑 with a falling tone, but it is first tone, hēi, flat and high. Also, 色 is fourth tone sè, not shǎi, which is a colloquial reading used in some other words.
黑色 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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黑 hēi · black · 12 strokes
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色 sè · color · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 黑色.
| 颜色 | yánsè | color; countenance |
| 红色 | hóngsè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 蓝色 | lánsè | blue (color) |
| 白色 | báisè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 绿色 | lǜsè | green |
| 黄色 | huángsè | yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic |
| 黑板 | hēibǎn | blackboard |
| 景色 | jǐngsè | scenery; landscape; view |
| 特色 | tèsè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 彩色 | cǎisè | color; multicolored |
| 黑暗 | hēi'àn | dark; darkly |
| 角色 | juésè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
Questions about 黑色
What does 黑色 mean?
黑色 (hēisè) means "black" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 黑色?
黑色 is made of 2 characters: 黑 (12 strokes), 色 (6 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 黑色 an HSK word?
Yes. 黑色 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 黑 and 黑色?
黑 is an adjective meaning black or dark, as in 天黑了 (tiān hēi le), it got dark. 黑色 names the color itself, so you use it when talking about colors, as in 我喜欢黑色 (wǒ xǐhuan hēisè).
How do I ask what color something is?
Say 这是什么颜色？(Zhè shì shénme yánsè?) What color is this? The answer can be 黑色 (hēisè), 白色 (báisè), 红色 (hóngsè), and so on, all built with 色.