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

  1. 失聪shī cōng · shicongto go deaf; to lose one's hearing; deafness; hearing loss
  2. 聪慧cōng huì · conghuibright; intelligent
  3. 聪敏cōng mǐn · congminbright; sharp; quick-witted
  4. 聪明cōng ming · congmingintelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
  5. 聪颖cōng yǐng · congyingsmart; intelligent
  6. 小聪明xiǎo cōng ming · xiaocongmingclever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded
  7. 事后聪明shì hòu cōng ming · shihoucongmingwise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
  8. 冰雪聪明bīng xuě cōng ming · bingxuecongming(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
  9. 绝顶聪明jué dǐng cōng ming · juedingcongminghighly intelligent; brilliant
  10. 耍小聪明shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming · shuaxiaocongmingto get smart; to resort to petty tricks
  11. 耳聪目明ěr cōng mù míng · ercongmumingsharp ears and keen eyes (idiom); keen and alert; perceptive
  12. 聪明伶俐cōng ming líng lì · congminglingli(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
  13. 聪明才智cōng ming cái zhì · congmingcaizhiintelligence and ability
  14. 聪明绝顶cōng ming jué dǐng · congmingjuedinghighly intelligent; brilliant
  15. 聪明过头cōng ming guò tóu · congmingguotoutoo clever by half; excessive ingenuity
  16. 自作聪明zì zuò cōng míng · zizuocongming(idiom) to think oneself clever
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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])

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