天黑

tiānhēi

verb

Meanings

HSK 2

天黑了，快回家吧。

Tiānhēi le, kuài huí jiā ba.

It's getting dark, hurry home.

HSK 3

天黑以后，一个人走这条路不安全。

Tiānhēi yǐhòu, yí ge rén zǒu zhè tiáo lù bù ānquán.

After dark it isn't safe to walk this road alone.

usage

A subject-predicate word, 天 'the sky' + 黑 'dark', like its partner 天亮 'daybreak': 从天亮忙到天黑 'busy from dawn till dark'.

culture

天黑请闭眼 'night falls, close your eyes' is the moderator's opening line in Mafia-style party games such as 狼人杀 'Werewolf'.

天 tiān

黑 hēi