漆黑

qīhēi

adjective #10,924

Meanings

1 pitch-black
2 pitch-dark

Characters

Examples

外面一片漆黑，什么也看不见。

Wàimiàn yípiàn qīhēi, shénme yě kàn bújiàn.

It's pitch-black outside; you can't see anything.

停电后，整个房间变得漆黑一片。

Tíngdiàn hòu, zhěnggè fángjiān biàn de qīhēi yípiàn.

After the power went out, the entire room became pitch-dark.

Tips

memory

漆 means 'lacquer/paint'. Black lacquer is the deepest black you can get -- hence 漆黑 = pitch-black.

Stroke Order

漆 qī

黑 hēi