凤头鹰雕 鳳頭鷹雕 fèng tóu yīng diāo (bird species of China) changeable hawk-eagle / crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) 鹰雕 鷹雕 yīng diāo (bird species of China) mountain hawk-eagle / Hodgson's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 乌亮 烏亮 wū liàng lustrous and black / jet-black syn 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn 皁 zào black / police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them 害马 害馬 hài mǎ lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family 乌黑色 烏黑色 wū hēi sè black / crow-black 信号中断 信號中斷 signal black-out / black-out 玄色 xuán sè black (without gloss) / black with a hint of red in it 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong syn 吆喝 yāo he to shout / to bawl / to yell (to urge on an animal) / to hawk (one's wares) / to denounce loudly / to shout slogans syn 老鹰 老鷹 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle / hawk / any similar bird of prey syn 叫卖 叫賣 jiào mài to hawk (one's wares) / to peddle 兜售 dōu shòu to hawk / to peddle syn 鹰派 鷹派 yīng pài hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers 小鹰号 小鷹號 xiǎo yīng hào Kitty Hawk (US aircraft carrier) 鹰 鷹 yīng eagle / falcon / hawk syn 吆 yāo to shout / to bawl / to yell (to urge on an animal) / to hawk (one's wares) syn 鹞 鷂 yào sparrow hawk / Accipiter nisus syn 鸢 鳶 yuān kite (small hawk) syn 雎 jū osprey / fish hawk 鹯 鸇 zhān sparrow hawk / swift 鶗 tí a kind of hawk 鸇 zhān sparrow hawk / swift 鶂 yì hawk 兜卖 兜賣 dōu mài to peddle / to hawk (pirate goods) 鶗鴂 tí jué large hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides) 鶗鴃 tí jué large hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides) 棕腹杜鹃 棕腹杜鵑 zōng fù dù juān (bird species of China) Malaysian hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax) 鹰鹃 鷹鵑 yīng juān (bird species of China) large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) 不见兔子不撒鹰 不見兔子不撒鷹 bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed 北鹰鹃 北鷹鵑 běi yīng juān (bird species of China) rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus) 普通鹰鹃 普通鷹鵑 pǔ tōng yīng juān (bird species of China) common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) 猛鸮 猛鴞 měng xiāo (bird species of China) northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) 霍氏鹰鹃 霍氏鷹鵑 huò shì yīng juān (bird species of China) Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor) 鹰鸮 鷹鴞 yīng xiāo (bird species of China) brown boobook / brown hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata) 清嗓 qīng sǎng to clear one's throat / to hawk 黑色 hēi sè black 黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn 漆黑 qī hēi pitch-black syn 晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious syn 黑人 hēi rén black person / an illegal 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 乌云 烏雲 wū yún black cloud syn 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 红茶 紅茶 hóng chá black tea / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2] 黑发 黑髮 hēi fà black hair syn 单色 單色 dān sè monochrome / monochromatic / black and white 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 反转 反轉 fǎn zhuǎn reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc) syn 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 乌龙 烏龍 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon 黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery) syn 石墨 shí mò black lead / graphite / plumbago 黑色素 hēi sè sù black pigment / melanin 黑熊 hēi xióng Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) syn 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 狗熊 gǒu xióng black bear / coward syn 黄莺 黃鶯 huáng yīng black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) syn 银狐 銀狐 yín hú silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) / also written 玄狐 syn 黑市 hēi shì black market 普洱茶 pǔ ěr chá Pu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 乌鸡 烏雞 wū jī black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson 黑匣子 hēi xiá zi (airplane) black box syn 黑纱 黑紗 hēi shā black armband 穷凶极恶 窮兇極惡 qióng xiōng jí è fiendish / black-hearted syn 黑海 hēi hǎi Black Sea 黑糊糊 hēi hū hū black / dark / dusky / indistinct syn 四象 sì xiàng four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3] 黑沉沉 hēi chēn chēn pitch-black syn 不分青红皂白 不分青紅皂白 bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 白纸黑字 白紙黑字 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white syn 暗无天日 暗無天日 àn wú tiān rì all black, no daylight (idiom) / a world without justice syn 炭黑 tàn hēi black carbon 茶叶蛋 茶葉蛋 chá yè dàn tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea) 黑旋风 黑旋風 hēi xuàn fēng Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[Li3 Kui2], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion 青鱼 青魚 qīng yú black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) / herring / mackerel syn 害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple syn 黑箱 hēi xiāng black box / flight recorder / opaque system (computing) 豇豆 jiāng dòu cowpea / black-eyed bean 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 黑胡椒 hēi hú jiāo black pepper 黑旗军 黑旗軍 hēi qí jūn Black Flag Army 龙葵 龍葵 lóng kuí black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 