聪
sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright; (literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
- Strokes
- 15
- Pinyin
- cōng
Parts
Words with 聪
- 失聪shī cōng · shicongto go deaf; to lose one's hearing; deafness; hearing loss
- 聪慧cōng huì · conghuibright; intelligent
- 聪敏cōng mǐn · congminbright; sharp; quick-witted
- 聪明cōng ming · congmingintelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- 聪颖cōng yǐng · congyingsmart; intelligent
- 小聪明xiǎo cōng ming · xiaocongmingclever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded
- 事后聪明shì hòu cōng ming · shihoucongmingwise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
- 冰雪聪明bīng xuě cōng ming · bingxuecongming(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
- 绝顶聪明jué dǐng cōng ming · juedingcongminghighly intelligent; brilliant
- 耍小聪明shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming · shuaxiaocongmingto get smart; to resort to petty tricks
- 耳聪目明ěr cōng mù míng · ercongmumingsharp ears and keen eyes (idiom); keen and alert; perceptive
- 聪明伶俐cōng ming líng lì · congminglingli(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
- 聪明才智cōng ming cái zhì · congmingcaizhiintelligence and ability
- 聪明绝顶cōng ming jué dǐng · congmingjuedinghighly intelligent; brilliant
- 聪明过头cōng ming guò tóu · congmingguotoutoo clever by half; excessive ingenuity
- 自作聪明zì zuò cōng míng · zizuocongming(idiom) to think oneself clever
- 聪明反被聪明误cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù · congmingfanbeicongmingwu(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good
- 聪明一世,糊涂一时cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí · congmingyishi,hutuyishi(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve
- 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 · jiguansuanjintaicongming,fansuanleqingqingxingmingif 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[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])