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魆

Character · Adjective

dark; black (used in compound words)

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

adjective

dark; pitch-black (bound form, used in compounds)

Primarily used in the reduplicated compound 黑魆魆 to describe deep darkness. Not typically used as a free-standing adjective in modern Chinese.

Shān山
dòng洞
lǐ里
hēi黑
xū魆
xū魆
de的
 ，
shēn伸
shǒu手
bù不
jiàn见
wǔ五
zhǐ指
 。

The cave was pitch-black; you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Hēi黑
xū魆
xū魆
de的
shù树
lín林
lǐ里
chuán传
lái来
qí奇
guài怪
de的
shēng声
yīn音
 。

Strange sounds came from the pitch-black forest.

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Chuāng窗
wài外
hēi黑
xū魆
xū魆
de的
yī一
piàn片
 ，
shén什
me么
yě也
kàn看
bù不
qīng清
 。

Outside the window was a mass of darkness; nothing could be seen clearly.