| 黑 | hēi | black; dark; abbr. for Heilongjiang 黑龙江 province in northeast China |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 黑龙江 | Hēi lóng jiāng | Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈尔滨; Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia; Amur river |
| 黑人 | hēi rén | black person |
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly; darkness |
| 黑格尔 | Hēi gé ěr | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher |
| 黑夜 | hēi yè | night |
| 德黑兰 | Dé hēi lán | Tehran, capital of Iran |
| 黑白 | hēi bái | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome |
| 黑板 | hēi bǎn | blackboard; CL:块,个 |
| 黑白电视 | hēi bái diàn shì | black and white TV |
| 黑市 | hēi shì | black market |
| 黑幕 | hēi mù | hidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets |
| 乌黑 | wū hēi | jet-black; dark |
| 漆黑 | qī hēi | pitch-black |
| 黑海 | Hēi Hǎi | Black Sea |
| 黑色金属 | hēi sè jīn shǔ | ferrous metals (i.e. iron, chromium, manganese and alloys containing them) |
| 慕尼黑 | Mù ní hēi | München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany |
| 黑水 | Hēi shuǐ | Heishui county (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan |
| 颠倒黑白 | diān dǎo hēi bái | lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong |
| 黑体 | hēi tǐ | bold (typeface) |
| 黑帮 | hēi bāng | bunch of gangsters; criminal gang; organized crime syndicate |
| 黑色素 | hēi sè sù | black pigment; melanin |
| 黑心 | hēi xīn | ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (flaw in pottery) |
| 黑旗军 | Hēi Qí Jūn | Black Flag Army |
| 黑麦 | hēi mài | rye (Secale cereale) |
| 起早贪黑 | qǐ zǎo tān hēi | to rise early and sleep late |
| 黑压压 | hēi yā yā | see 乌压压 |
| 黑沉沉 | hēi chēn chēn | pitch-black |
| 黑山 | hēi shān | black mountain; Montenegro, former Yugoslavia; Heishan county in Jinzhou 锦州, Liaoning |
| 黝黑 | yǒu hēi | dark; suntanned; dark black color |
| 傍黑 | bàng hēi | dusk |
| 则辣黑 | Zé là hēi | Zerah (name) |
| 塞尔维亚和黑山 | Sāi ěr wéi yà hé Hēi shān | Serbia and Montenegro (after break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992) |
| 太阳黑子 | tài yáng hēi zǐ | sunspot |
| 太阳黑子周 | tài yáng hēi zǐ zhōu | sunspot cycle |
| 往脸上抹黑 | wǎng liǎn shàng mǒ hēi | to bring shame to; to smear; to disgrace |
| 打黑 | dǎ hēi | to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime |
| 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) |
| 揭黑 | jiē hēi | to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc); whistle-blowing |
| 摸黑 | mō hēi | to grope about in the dark |
| 擦黑儿 | cā hēir | dusk |
| 数黄道黑 | shǔ huáng dào hēi | to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels; also written 数黑论黄 |
| 数黑论白 | shǔ hēi lùn bái | to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels; also written 数黑论黄 |
| 数黑论黄 | shǔ hēi lùn huáng | to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels |
| 日本黑道 | Rì běn Hēi dào | Yakuza (Japanese mafia) |
| 昏天黑地 | hūn tiān hēi dì | lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom); fig. pitch dark; to black out; disorderly; troubled times |
| 晒黑 | shài hēi | to sunbathe; to tan; to get sunburnt; to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website) |
| 晒黑族 | shài hēi zú | net-based consumer protection alliance www.shaihei.com |
| 晒黑网 | shài hēi wǎng | consumer protection website www.shaihei.com |
