| 乌黑 | wū hēi | jet-black / dark |   |
| 黑 |  hēi | black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) | |
| 暗 | àn | (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) | |
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark / darkly / darkness | |
| 暗黑 | àn hēi | dark / dim | |
| 阴暗 | yīn àn | dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) | |
| 暗淡 | àn dàn | dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak | |
| 黝黑 | yǒu hēi | dark / black / suntanned | |
| 深色 | shēn sè | dark / dark colored | |
| 幽冥 | yōu míng | dark / hell / netherworld / hades | |
| 惨淡 | cǎn dàn | dark / gloomy / dismal / by painstaking effort | |
| 阴沉沉 | yīn chén chén | dark (weather, mood) | |
| 黑糊糊 | hēi hū hū | black / dark / dusky / indistinct | |
| 黎 | lí | (literary) black / dark / many / multitude | |
| 昧 | mèi | to conceal / dark | |
| 冥 | míng | dark / deep / stupid / the underworld | |
| 黯 | àn | (bound form) dark / dull (color) / dim / gloomy | |
| 晦 | huì | (bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark / gloomy / (literary) night | |
| 缁 | zī | Buddhists / black silk / dark | |
| 黢 | qū | black / dark | |
| 黧 | lí | dark / sallow color | |
| 暝 | míng | dark | |
| 黪 | cǎn | dark / dim / gloomy / bleak | |
| 窔 | yǎo | dark / deep / southeast corner of room | |
| 暪 | mèn | dark | |
| 月黑天 | yuè hēi tiān | the dark / night | |
| 浅黑 | qiǎn hēi | dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented | |
| 叆 | ài | misty / cloudy sky / dark / obscure | |
| 黑马 | hēi mǎ | dark horse / fig. unexpected winner | |
| 明月 | míng yuè | bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] | |
| 暗中 | àn zhōng | in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously | |
| 曙光 | shǔ guāng | the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning | |
| 深蓝 | shēn lán | dark blue | |
| 黑道 | hēi dào | dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs | |
| 黑幕 | hēi mù | hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets | |
| 天黑 | tiān hēi | to get dark / dusk | |
| 黑眼圈 | hēi yǎn quān | dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye | |
| 碧绿 | bì lu:4 | dark green | |
| 长夜 | cháng yè | long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression | |
| 阴云 | yīn yún | dark cloud | |
| 殷红 | yān hóng | dark red | |
| 蒙在鼓里 | méng zài gǔ lǐ | lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark | |
| 黑斑 | hēi bān | dark spot or blotch on the skin | |
| 碧蓝 | bì lán | dark blue | |
| 墨绿色 | mò lu:4 sè | dark or deep green | |
| 摸黑 | mō hēi | to grope about in the dark | |
| 晦暗 | huì àn | dark and gloomy | |
| 墨绿 | mò lu:4 | dark green / forest green | |
| 茶色 | chá sè | dark brown / tawny | |
| 明 | míng | bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods | |
| 酱紫 | jiàng zǐ | dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子[zhe4 yang4 zi5] | |
| 昏天黑地 | hūn tiān hēi dì | lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times | |
| 阴暗面 | yīn àn miàn | the dark side (of society etc) | |
| 深绿 | shēn lu:4 | dark green | |
| 深灰色 | shēn huī sè | dark gray | |
| 黑旋风 | Hēi Xuàn fēng | Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[Li3 Kui2], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion | |
| 酸梅 | suān méi | preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum / dark plum | |
| 熊猫眼 | xióng māo yǎn | to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda | |
| 深棕色 | shēn zōng sè | dark brown | |
| 阴湿 | yīn shī | dark and moist | |
| 橙红色 | chéng hóng sè | red-orange color / dark orange | |
| 弃暗投明 | qì àn tóu míng | to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one | |
| 黑灯瞎火 | hēi dēng xiā huǒ | pitch dark | |
| 漆黑一团 | qī hēi yī tuán | pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark | |
| 黑茶 | hēi chá | dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2]) | |
| 一团漆黑 | yī tuán qī hēi | pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation | |
| 黑不溜秋 | hēi bù liū qiū | dark and swarthy | |
| 阴面 | yīn miàn | shady side / dark side | |
| 茶褐色 | chá hè sè | dark brown / tawny | |
| 苍 | cāng | dark blue / deep green / ash-gray | |
| 殷 | yān | dark red | |
| 瞒 | mán | to conceal from / to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 褐 | hè | brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] | |
| 茜 | qiàn | (bound form) Indian madder / munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) / (bound form) madder red / dark red / alizarin crimson | |
| 黝 | yǒu | black / dark green | |
| 绯 | fēi | dark red / purple silk | |
| 昙 | tán | dark clouds | |
| 杳 | yǎo | dark and quiet / disappear | |
| 綦 | qí | dark gray / superlative / variegated | |
| 驖 | tiě | dark brown horse | |
| 黮 | tán | black, dark / unclear / private | |
| 无的放矢 | wú dì fàng shǐ | to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark | |
| 头昏眼暗 | tóu hūn yǎn àn | head spinning and eyes dark (idiom) / dizzy / fainting / vertigo | |
| 黑灯下火 | hēi dēng xià huǒ | pitch dark / also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火[hei1 deng1 xia1 huo3] | |
| 宵衣旰食 | xiāo yī gàn shí | to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters | |
| 暗适应 | àn shì yìng | (visual physiology) dark adaptation | |
| 綪 | qiàn | dark red color (of silk product) | |
| 伭 | Xián | (literary) cruel / ruthless / (literary) dark red / black | |
| 明枪好躲，暗箭难防 | míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies | |
| 明枪易躲，暗箭难防 | míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies | |
| 暗星云 | àn xīng yún | (astronomy) dark nebula / absorption nebula | |
| 暗灰色 | àn huī sè | dark gray | |
| 暗紫色 | àn zǐ sè | dark purple | |
| 棕黑 | zōng hēi | dark brown | |
| 深棕 | shēn zōng | dark brown | |
| 浑茫 | hún máng | the dark ages before civilization / limitless reaches / vague and confused | |
| 溟海 | míng hǎi | a dark sea | |
| 乌蓝 | wū lán | dark blue | |
| 芸苔子 | yún tái zǐ | rape (Brassica campestris L.) / rapeseed plant / canola plant / a common vegetable with a dark green leaf / also called 油菜 | |
| 邃宇 | suì yǔ | large house that is dark and labyrinthine | |
