聪
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(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 耳 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 聰
- Common rank
- #2,410
- Unicode
- U+806A
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Words with 聪
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聪明一世，糊涂一时 | (idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in hi… | |
| 自作聪明 | (idiom) to think oneself clever | |
| 事后聪明 | wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it | |
| 聪明过头 | too clever by half; excessive ingenuity | |
| 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 | if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dr… | |
| 耳聪目明 | sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom); keen and alert; perceptive | |
| 小聪明 | clever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded | |
| 冰雪聪明 | (idiom) exceptionally intelligent | |
| 绝顶聪明 | highly intelligent; brilliant | |
| 聪明绝顶 | exceptionally intelligent; brilliant | |
| 聪明一世，懵懂一时 | see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2] | |
| 聪明才智 | intelligence and ability | |
| 聪明反被聪明误 | (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overrea… | |
| 耍小聪明 | to get smart; to resort to petty tricks | |
| 聪明 | intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 失聪 | to go deaf; to lose one's hearing; deafness; hearing loss | |
| 聪敏 | bright; sharp; quick-witted | |
| 聪明伶俐 | (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted | |
| 聪慧 | bright; intelligent | |
| 聪颖 | smart; intelligent |