Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- cōng
English
- intelligent, clever, bright
- (literary) acute (of hearing)
- hearing ability
- (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
- intelligent; clever; smart
粵語
- 聽覺
- 智力高
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 聰
- 聰明cung1 ming4
intelligent; clever; bright
- 小聰明siu2 cung1 ming4
clever-clever
- 失聰sat1 cung1
to go deaf; to lose one's hearing
- 聰敏cung1 man5
bright; sharp; quick-witted
- 聰穎cung1 wing6
smart; intelligent
- 冰雪聰明bing1 syut3 cung1 ming4
(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
- 自作聰明zi6 zok3 cung1 ming4
(idiom) to think oneself clever
- 聰慧cung1 wai6
bright; intelligent
- 事後聰明si6 hau6 cung1 ming4
wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
- 聰明卡cung1 ming4 kaa1
a smartcard [written and colloquial]
- 聰明過頭cung1 ming4 gwo3 tau4
too clever by half; excessive ingenuity
- 耍小聰明saa2 siu2 cung1 ming4
to get smart
- 聰明伶俐cung1 ming4 ling4 lei6
(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
- 聰明一世cung1 ming4 jat1 sai3
- 聰明聽話cung1 ming4 teng1 waa6
clever and obedient [written and colloquial]
- 羅冠聰lo4 gun3 cung1
- 絕頂聰明zyut6 ding2 cung1 ming4
highly intelligent; brilliant
- 聰明絕頂cung1 ming4 zyut6 ding2
exceptionally intelligent; brilliant
- 聰明才智cung1 ming4 coi4 zi3
intelligence and ability
- 耳聰目明ji5 cung1 muk6 ming4
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom)
- 聰明反被聰明誤cung1 ming4 faan2 bei6 cung1 ming4 ng6
(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good
- 聰明反被聰明誤cung1 ming4 faan2 bei6 cung1 ming4 ng6
(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good