| 精明 | jīng míng | astute / shrewd / smart | ![]() |
| 狡黠 | jiǎo xiá | crafty / astute | ![]() |
| 机警 | jī jǐng | perceptive / astute / sharp / sharp-witted / vigilant / alert | ![]() |
| 锐敏 | ruì mǐn | acute / astute / perceptive | ![]() |
| 惺 | xīng | (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted | ![]() |
| 睿 | ruì | astute / perspicacious / farsighted | ![]() |
| 胸有丘壑 | xiōng yǒu qiū hè | far-sighted / astute | ![]() |
| 筹略 | chóu lu:è | astute / resourceful | ![]() |
| 光棍 | guāng gùn | gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person | ![]() |
| 老谋深算 | lǎo móu shēn suàn | rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom) / astute and circumspect | ![]() |
| 满腹经纶 | mǎn fù jīng lún | full of political wisdom (idiom) / politically astute / with encyclopedic experience of state policy | ![]() |
| 精神满腹 | jīng shén mǎn fù | full of wisdom (idiom) / astute and widely experienced | ![]() |
| 有勇无谋 | yǒu yǒng wú móu | bold but not very astute (idiom) | ![]() |
| 平明 | píng míng | (literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute | ![]() |
