HSK 6 · Adjectives

乌黑 wūhēi “jet-black” in Chinese

Traditional 烏黑

What 乌黑 means

  1. jet-black
  2. pitch-black
  3. dark

How to say 乌黑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale乌wū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale黑hēi1st tone, high and level

乌黑 in a sentence

  1. 她有一头乌黑的长发。

    Tā yǒu yì tóu wūhēi de chángfà.

    She has long, jet-black hair.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 小猫的眼睛乌黑发亮。

    Xiǎomāo de yǎnjing wūhēi fāliàng.

    The kitten’s eyes are shiny and black.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 乌黑 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 乌 (wū) drawn as one shape
乌wūcrow

乌 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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.

How to write 乌黑

乌 4 strokes · 黑 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 乌黑

Words with 黑

黑hēi · black黑色hēisè · black黑板hēibǎn · blackboard

More words: Adjectives

文雅wényǎ · elegant无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless无辜wúgū · innocent无能为力wúnéngwéilì · powerless无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way无知wúzhī · ignorant

FAQs

乌黑 (wūhēi) means “jet-black” or “pitch-black”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wūhēi: wū with a 1st tone, then hēi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 乌黑 is written 烏黑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuhei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 乌黑 from the suggestions. Typing wuhei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
乌黑 is an HSK 6 word in the 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.