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聪明

cōng ming

HSK 3 2-character word Traditional 聰明

What 聪明 means

1. intelligent; clever; bright
2. acute (of sight and hearing)

The characters in 聪明

• 聪cōng(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Example sentences

• 猫很聪明
  Māo hěn cōngming
  Cats are smart.
• 你很聪明。
  You are sharp.
• 他很聪明。
  He is sharp-witted.
• 她很聪明。
  She is very clever.
• 猫很聪明。
  Cats are smart.
• 约翰很聪明。
  John is clever.

Words starting with 聪明

• 聪明才智cōng ming cái zhìintelligence and ability
• 聪明伶俐cōng ming líng lì(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
• 聪明绝顶cōng ming jué dǐngexceptionally intelligent; brilliant
• 聪明过头cōng ming guò tóutoo clever by half; excessive ingenuity
• 聪明反被聪明误cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity…
• 聪明一世，糊涂一时cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment…
• 聪明一世，懵懂一时cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shísee 聰明一世，聪明一世，糊涂一时

Words containing 聪明

• 小聪明xiǎo cōng mingclever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded
• 自作聪明zì zuò cōng míng(idiom) to think oneself clever
• 事后聪明shì hòu cōng mingwise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
• 冰雪聪明bīng xuě cōng ming(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
• 绝顶聪明jué dǐng cōng minghighly intelligent; brilliant
• 耍小聪明shuǎ xiǎo cōng mingto get smart; to resort to petty tricks
• 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 mìngif one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing…