Chinese words starting with “hei”
9 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable hei. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial h · final ei · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 9
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 黑色hēi sèHSK 2
black
- 黑板hēi bǎnHSK 2
blackboard
All 9 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 黑 | hēi | a,g,b | black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing) | |
| 2 | 嘿 | hēi | e | hey | |
| 3 | 黑暗 | hēi àn | a,an | dark; darkly; darkness | |
| 4 | 黑客 | hēi kè | n | hacker (computing) (loanword) | |
| 5 | 黑夜 | hēi yè | n | night | |
| 6 | 黑白 | hēi bái | b,n | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome | |
| 7 | 黑马 | hēi mǎ | n | dark horse; fig. unexpected winner | |
| 8 | 黑手 | hēi shǒu | n | (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand; (Tw) mechanic; blue-collar worker; manual laborer | |
| 9 | 黑心 | hēi xīn | n | ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (flaw in pottery) |
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