HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Adjectives

黑色 hēisè “black” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 黑色 means

  1. black

How to say 黑色

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale黑hēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale色sè4th tone, falling

黑色 in a sentence

  1. 我比较喜欢黑色的。

    Wǒ bǐjiào xǐhuan hēisè de.

    I prefer the black one.

    Sentence #9982235 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他穿上了黑色的外套。

    Tā chuān shàng le hēisè de wàitào.

    He put on the black coat.

    Sentence #848840 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那是黑色的吗？

    Nà shì hēisè de ma?

    Is that black?

    Sentence #8918151 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 黑色 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 黑 (hēi) drawn as one shape
黑hēiblack

黑 is a single shape of 12 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 色 (sè) with each of its parts in a different colour
色sècolour
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 巴to desire · bā

How to write 黑色

黑 12 strokes · 色 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

黑色 (hēisè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 黑色 (hēisè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 黑色

Words with 黑

黑hēi · black黑板hēibǎn · blackboard乌黑wūhēi · jet-black

Words with 色

颜色yánsè · colour白色báisè · white红色hóngsè · red (colour)绿色lǜsè · green黄色huángsè · yellow景色jǐngsè · scenery出色chūsè · remarkable角色juésè · role色彩sècǎi · colour特色tèsè · distinctive feature

More words: Adjectives

阴yīn · cloudy好吃hǎochī · delicious白色báisè · white不错bùcuò · not bad红色hóngsè · red (colour)绿色lǜsè · green没意思méiyìsi · boring有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting

FAQs

黑色 (hēisè) means “black”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it hēisè: hēi with a 1st tone, then sè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 黑色 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type heise with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 黑色 from the suggestions. Typing heise into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
黑色 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.