漆 qī
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 桼 the varnish tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
漆黑
qīhēi
pitch-black; dark as lacquer
Characters in this word
黑 hēi
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 黑 — black
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 山洞深处漆黑一片，即使打开手电，也只能看见前方几步。 Shāndòng shēnchù qīhēi yí piàn, jíshǐ dǎkāi shǒudiàn, yě zhǐ néng kànjiàn qiánfāng jǐ bù. Deep inside the cave it was pitch-black; even with a torch on, one could only see a few steps ahead.
- 停电以后，整个房间漆黑一片。 Tíngdiàn yǐhòu, zhěng ge fángjiān qīhēi yí piàn. After the power cut, the whole room was pitch-black.
- 漆黑的夜晚，只有远处的灯塔还亮着。 Qīhēi de yèwǎn, zhǐyǒu yuǎnchù de dēngtǎ hái liàngzhe. On the pitch-black night, only the distant lighthouse was still lit.
Related words
- 漆 qī paint; lacquer; to paint
- 油漆 yóuqī paint; to paint
- 黑 hēi black; dark
- 黑板 hēibǎn blackboard
- 黑色 hēisè black color; black
- 黑暗 hēi'àn darkness
- 颠倒黑白 diāndǎohēibái to invert right and wrong; to distort the truth
- 黑客 hēikè hacker
- 黑马 hēimǎ dark horse
- 黑名单 hēimíngdān blacklist
- 闪烁 shǎnshuò to flicker; to dodge
- 取暖 qǔnuǎn to keep warm; to warm oneself