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乌 wū

crow, rook, raven; black, dark

Strokes
4
Level
HSK 6
Radical
丿
Traditional
烏
Type
Pictograph
Made of 丿 ⿱丿?

Memory hint: Simplified form of 烏; a crow; compare 鸟

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Example sentences with 乌

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  1. 她有一头乌黑的长发。
    Tā yǒu yì tóu wūhēi de cháng fà.
    She has a head of jet-black long hair.
    she have one (measure) jet-black (particle) long hair
  2. 天怎么突然变得乌黑一片?
    Tiān zěnme tūrán biàn de wūhēi yí piàn?
    Why did the sky suddenly turn pitch-black?
    sky how suddenly become (particle) jet-black one stretch (question)
  3. 你可以用乌黑来形容她的头发。
    Nǐ kěyǐ yòng wūhēi lái xíngróng tā de tóufa.
    You can use jet-black to describe her hair.
    you can use jet-black to describe her (particle) hair
  4. 他的头发已经不再乌黑了,添了不少白发。
    Tā de tóufa yǐjīng bú zài wūhēi le, tiān le bùshǎo báifà.
    His hair is no longer jet-black, it's gained quite a few gray hairs.
    his (particle) hair already not again jet-black (particle), add (particle) not-few white-hair
  5. 乌云密布的天空下,一群乌鸦飞过。
    Wūyún mìbù de tiānkōng xià, yì qún wūyā fēi guò.
    Under a sky densely covered with dark clouds, a flock of crows flew by.
    dark-cloud densely-cover (particle) sky under, one flock crow fly over

Words with 乌 (3)