聪明

cōng ming

HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 5

Definitions

1. intelligent
2. clever
3. bright
4. smart
5. acute (of sight and hearing)

Example Sentences

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他很 聪明 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 379612)

她很 聪明 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 638556)

猫很 聪明 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4080224)

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Words Containing 聪明

• 冰雪聪明 bīng xuě cōng ming: exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
• 聪明过头 cōng ming guò tóu: too clever by half
• 聪明一世，糊涂一时 cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí: even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom)
• 耍小聪明 shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming: to get smart
• 聪明伶俐 cōng ming líng lì: clever and quick-witted
• 聪明绝顶 cōng ming jué dǐng: highly intelligent; brilliant
• 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming: wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
• 绝顶聪明 jué dǐng cōng ming: highly intelligent; brilliant
• 小聪明 xiǎo cōng ming: clever-clever
• 聪明才智 cōng ming cái zhì: intelligence and wisdom
• 聪明一世，懵懂一时 cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shí: see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí]
• 自作聪明 zì zuò cōng míng: to think oneself clever (idiom)
• 聪明反被聪明误 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù: a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
• 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng: if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in \A Dream of Red Mansions\ 紅樓夢|红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])

Child Words of 聪明

• 聪 cōng: quick at hearing
• 明 míng: bright