黑
白

Black and white in Chinese: 黑白 (hēi bái)

hēi bái

black and white

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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黑
白

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ㄏㄟ

hēi

ㄏ/ hㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄅㄞˊ

bái

ㄅ/ bㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 黑白 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 老照片都是黑白的，没有颜色。

    lǎo zhào piàn dōu shì hēi bái de， méi yǒu yán sè。

    The old photos are all black and white, with no color.

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Related words

白

bái

white

黑

hēi

black

黑板

hēi bǎn

blackboard

明白

míng bai

clear

白天

bái tiān

daytime

白色

bái sè

white

黑色

hēi sè

black

白菜

bái cài

Chinese cabbage

黑暗

hēi àn

dark

白酒

bái jiǔ

baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum

白领

bái lǐng

white-collar

黑夜

hēi yè

night

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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