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dark meaning in Chinese

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dark (a complete or partial absence of light)
noun
[UK: dɑːk]
[US: ˈdɑːrk]

黑 /hēi/noun

黑暗 /hēi'àn/noun

dark [darker, darkest] (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
adjective
[UK: dɑːk]
[US: ˈdɑːrk]

Literary Chinese: 黲; 黑暗 /hēi'àn/adjective

黲 /cǎn/adjective

dark [darker, darkest] (hidden, secret)
adjective
[UK: dɑːk]
[US: ˈdɑːrk]

隐秘 /yǐnmì/adjective

隱秘adjective

dark (nightfall)
noun
[UK: dɑːk]
[US: ˈdɑːrk]

黃昏noun

黄昏 /huánghūn/noun

dark [darker, darkest] (not bright or light, deeper in hue)
adjective
[UK: dɑːk]
[US: ˈdɑːrk]

黑暗 /hēi'àn/adjective

dark [darker, darkest] (without moral or spiritual light)
adjective
[UK: dɑːk]
[US: ˈdɑːrk]

邪恶 /xié'è/adjective

邪惡adjective

dark chocolate (type of chocolate)
noun
[UK: dɑːk ˈtʃɒ.klət]
[US: ˈdɑːrk ˈtʃɒ.klət]

黑巧克力 /hēi qiǎokèlì/noun

dark energy (hypothetical form of energy which, it is supposed, is spread uniformly throughout space and time and has anti-gravitational properties)
noun
[UK: dɑːk ˈe.nə.dʒi]
[US: ˈdɑːrk ˈe.nər.dʒi]

暗能量 /àn néngliàng/noun

dark horse (possessor of unexpected talents or favorable characteristics)
noun
[UK: dɑːk hɔːs]
[US: ˈdɑːrk ˈhɔːrs]

黑馬noun

黑马 /hēimǎ/noun

dark matter (particles of matter that cannot be detected by their radiation)
noun
[UK: dɑːk ˈmæ.tə(r)]
[US: ˈdɑːrk ˈmæ.tər]

暗物質noun

暗物质 /ànwùzhì/noun

dark red (dark red - translation entry)
adjective

深紅色 /shēnhóngsè/adjective

dark-skinned (having dark skin)
adjective
[UK: dɑːk skɪnd]
[US: ˈdɑːrk ˈskɪnd]

暗色皮肤的 /ànsè pífū de/adjective

暗色皮膚的adjective

Dark Web (portion of the Deep Web)
proper noun

暗網網絡proper noun

暗网网络 /ànwǎng wǎngluò/proper noun

darken [darkened, darkening, darkens] (to make dark by reducing light)
verb
[UK: ˈdɑːkən]
[US: ˈdɑːrkən]

Mandarin: 变暗 /biànàn/verb

darkling beetle noun

拟步行虫 /nǐbùxíngchóng/noun

擬步行蟲noun

darkness (state of being dark)
noun
[UK: ˈdɑːk.nəs]
[US: ˈdɑːrk.nəs]

黑暗 /hēi'àn/noun

darkroom [darkrooms] (dark room where photographs are developed)
noun
[UK: ˈdɑː.kruːm]
[US: ˈdɑːr.ˌkruːm]

暗房 /ànfáng/noun

after dark (after nightfall, at night)
preposition
[UK: ˈɑːf.tə(r) dɑːk]
[US: ˈæf.tər ˈdɑːrk]

在黃昏以後preposition

在黄昏以后 /zài huánghūn yǐhòu/preposition

all cats are grey in the dark (proverb)
phrase

猫在黑暗中都是灰色的 /māo zài hēi'àn zhōng dōu shì huīsè de/phrase

貓在黑暗中都是灰色的phrase

at dark (during nightfall)
preposition

在黃昏preposition

在黄昏 /zaihuang hun/preposition

before dark (before night begins to fall)
preposition

在黃昏之前preposition

在黄昏之前 /zài huánghūn zhīqián/preposition

better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness (in bad times it is worthwhile to do good)
phrase

bùrú diǎnrán yī gēn làzhú/phrase

与其诅咒黑暗,不如点燃一根蜡烛 /yǔqí zǔzhòu hēi'ànphrase

與其詛咒黑暗,不如點燃一根蠟燭phrase

pitch-dark (absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch)
adjective
[UK: ˈpɪtʃ dɑːk]
[US: ˈpɪtʃ dɑːrk]

墨黑 /mòhēi/adjective

漆黑 /qīhēi/adjective

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