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精明

jīng míng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

精明 (jīng míng) means "astute; shrewd; smart". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 精明 means

1. astute; shrewd; smart

The characters in 精明

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Words starting with 精明

• 精明强干jīng míng qiáng gànintelligent and capable (idiom)
• 精明能干jīng míng néng gànable and efficient

Sounds the same

Read jīng míng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 晶明bright; shiny

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