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聪明 (cōng ming) — intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
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聪 (cōng) — sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright
明 (míng) — bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
Words with Same Characters
自作聪明 (zì zuò cōng míng) — (idiom) to think oneself clever
小聪明 (xiǎo cōng ming) — clever-clever
聪明才智 (cōng ming cái zhì) — intelligence and ability
聪明伶俐 (cōng ming líng lì) — (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
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; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good
耳聪目明 (ěr cōng mù míng) — sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom)
事后聪明 (shì hòu cōng ming) — wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
冰雪聪明 (bīng xuě cōng ming) — (idiom) exceptionally intelligent
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) — if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 红楼梦)
绝顶聪明 (jué dǐng cōng ming) — highly intelligent; brilliant
耍小聪明 (shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming) — to get smart
聪明一世，懵懂一时 (cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shí) — see 聰明一世，聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2]
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; every man has a fool in his sleeve
聪明绝顶 (cōng ming jué dǐng) — highly intelligent; brilliant
聪明过头 (cōng ming guò tóu) — too clever by half; excessive ingenuity
Synonyms
智慧 (zhì huì) — wisdom; intelligence
机灵 (jī ling) — clever; quick-witted
伶俐 (líng lì) — clever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit
机智 (jī zhì) — quick-witted; resourceful
精明 (jīng míng) — astute; shrewd; smart
Antonyms
笨 (bèn) — stupid; foolish; silly
愚蠢 (yú chǔn) — stupid; silly
傻 (shǎ) — foolish
Part of speech: adjective
Example Sentences
这个孩子真聪明。 — This child is really smart.
她是个聪明的女孩。 — She is a clever girl.
聪明的人善于从错误中学习。 — Smart people are good at learning from mistakes.
他虽然聪明，但不够努力用功。 — Although he is clever, he doesn't work hard enough.
光靠聪明是不够的，还需要持续不断地努力才行。 — Being smart alone is not enough; you also need sustained and continuous effort.