# 黑马 (hēimǎ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 黑马 (hēimǎ) means “dark horse; unexpected winner”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: dark horse; unexpected winner
- Pinyin: hēimǎ (hei1 ma3)
- Traditional: 黑馬
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那位年轻选手成了黑马。
  Nà wèi niánqīng xuǎnshǒu chéngle hēimǎ.
  That young player became the dark horse.

## Characters

- [黑](https://hanziro.com/word/hei-black/) (hēi): black
- [马](https://hanziro.com/word/ma-horse/) (mǎ): horse

https://hanziro.com/word/hei-ma-dark-horse/

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