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HSK 3
聪
聰
cōng
1.
quick at hearing
2.
wise
3.
clever
4.
sharp-witted
5.
intelligent
6.
acute
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (19)
失聪
shīcōng
to go deaf
聪慧
cōnghuì
bright
聪敏
cōngmǐn
quick
聪明
cōngming
acute (of sight and hearing)
聪颖
cōngyǐng
smart
小聪明
xiǎocōngming
clever-clever
自作聪明
zìzuòcōngmíng
to think oneself clever (idiom)
冰雪聪明
bīngxuěcōngming
exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
绝顶聪明
juédǐngcōngming
extremely bright (idiom)
耍小聪明
shuǎxiǎocōngming
to get smart
耳聪目明
ěrcōngmùmíng
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom)
聪明绝顶
cōngmingjuédǐng
highly intelligent (idiom)
聪明过头
cōngmingguòtóu
too clever by half
事后聪明
shìhòucōngming
wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
聪明伶俐
cōngminglínglì
clever and quick-witted
聪明才智
cōngmingcáizhì
intelligence and wisdom
聪明反被聪明误
cōngmíngfǎnbèicōngmíngwù
a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
聪明一世，糊涂一时
cóngmingyīshì,hútuyīshí
even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement (idiom)
聪明一世，懵懂一时
cóngmingyīshì,měngdǒngyīshí
see [[聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时<cóngmingyīshì]], [[hútuyīshí>]]
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,668
- Word Frequency Rank
- 775 of 84,292