黑市

hēishì

noun #9,886

Meanings

HSK 3

他在黑市上买到了那张票。

Tā zài hēishì shàng mǎi dào le nà zhāng piào.

He bought that ticket on the black market.

HSK 5

黑市交易是违法的。

Hēishì jiāoyì shì wéifǎ de.

Black market trading is illegal.

HSK 7-9

战争时期黑市很猖獗。

Zhànzhēng shíqī hēishì hěn chāngjué.

The black market was rampant during wartime.

usage

黑 in Chinese often implies 'illegal' or 'shady,' just like 'black' in English: 黑钱 (dirty money), 黑客 (hacker), 黑帮 (gang/mafia).

黑 hēi

市 shì