黑漆漆

hēiqīqī

adjective #34,772

Meanings

1 pitch-black
2 pitch-dark
3 inky black

Characters

lacquer (reduplicated for intensity)

Examples

屋子里黑漆漆的，什么也看不见。

Wūzi lǐ hēiqīqī de, shénme yě kàn bu jiàn.

It was pitch-dark in the room — you couldn't see a thing.

他独自走在黑漆漆的小巷里。

Tā dúzì zǒu zài hēiqīqī de xiǎo xiàng lǐ.

He walked alone down the pitch-black alley.

Tips

memory

漆 means lacquer (the black tree-sap varnish). Doubling it — 漆漆 — gives the image of glossy black lacquer everywhere, hence pitch-black. Synonym 漆黑 (qīhēi) is more written; 黑漆漆 is the colloquial reduplicated form.

Stroke Order

黑 hēi

漆 qī