"聪" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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聪
Trad. 聰
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 耳
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 15
Structure
Decomp. 耳丷口心
耳 + 总
Prononciation
Mandarin cōng
Entry Methods
Pinyin cong1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 SJCRP
尸十金口心
Sijiao 184.3
Wubi BUKN
CNS 11643 3-4E35
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+806A
GB2312 B4CF
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聪 cōng quick at hearing / wise / clever / sharp-witted / intelligent / acute
Results beginning with 聪
聪明 cōng ming intelligent / clever / bright / smart / acute (of sight and hearing)
聪慧 cōng huì bright / witty / intelligent
聪颖 cōng yǐng smart / intelligent
聪敏 cōng mǐn quick / bright / intelligent / clever / brilliant
聪明才智 cōng ming cái zhì intelligence and wisdom
聪明伶俐 cōng ming líng lì clever and quick-witted
聪明过头 cōng ming guò tóu too clever by half / excessive ingenuity
聪明绝顶 cōng ming jué dǐng highly intelligent / brilliant
聪明反被聪明误 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom) / cleverness may overreach itself / too smart for one's own good
聪明一世，糊涂一时 cóng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement (idiom) / every man has a fool in his sleeve
聪明一世，糊涂一时 cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom) / every man has a fool in his sleeve
聪明一世，懵懂一时 cóng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shí see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong2 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2]
聪明一世，懵懂一时 cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shí 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]
Approximate Results for 聪
失聪 shī cōng to go deaf / to lose one's hearing / deafness / hearing loss
苏聪 sū cōng Cong
林子聪 lín zǐ cōng Lam
小聪明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded
耳聪目明 ěr cōng mù míng sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
冰雪聪明 bīng xuě cōng ming exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
绝顶聪明 jué dǐng cōng ming highly intelligent / brilliant
自作聪明 zì zuò cōng míng to think oneself clever (idiom)
事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming wise after the event (idiom) / with hindsight, one should have predicted it
耍小聪明 shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming to get smart / to resort to petty tricks
盲目聪明炸弹  blind smart bomb
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" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])
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