聪明

Character by character

• 聪cōng15 strokesHSK 3 traditional 聰intelligent, clever, bright
• 明míng8 strokesHSK 1bright, light, brilliant; clear

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 他聪明得很。

  Tā cōng ming de hěn

  He's highly intelligent.

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• 你没有我聪明。

  Nǐ méi yǒu wǒ cōng ming

  You're not as smart as me.

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• 你是个聪明的人。

  Nǐ shì ge cōng ming de rén

  You're a smart person.

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• 我没有你那么聪明。

  Wǒ méi yǒu nǐ nà me cōng ming

  I'm not as smart as you.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 聪明. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 明白míng baiHSK 1

  clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize

• 明显míng xiǎnHSK 3

  clear; distinct; obvious

• 证明zhèng míngHSK 3

  proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 明星míng xīngHSK 2

  star; celebrity

• 表明biǎo míngHSK 3

  to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known

• 明确míng quèHSK 3

  clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 声明shēng míngHSK 3

  to state; to declare; statement; declaration

• 文明wén míngHSK 3

  civilized; civilization; culture

• 发明fā míngHSK 3

  to invent; an invention

• 明明míng míngHSK 5

  obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely

• 光明guāng míngHSK 3

  light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted

• 透明tòu míngHSK 4

  transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny

• 明智míng zhìHSK 7

  sensible; wise; judicious; sagacious

• 查明chá míngHSK 7

  to investigate and find out; to ascertain

• 黎明lí míngHSK 7

  dawn; daybreak

• 明日míng rìHSK 6

  tomorrow

• 明亮míng liàngHSK 5

  bright; shining; glittering; to become clear

• 高明gāo míngHSK 7

  brilliant; superior; wise

• 分明fēn míngHSK 7

  clear; distinct; evidently; clearly

• 鲜明xiān míngHSK 4

  bright; clear-cut; distinct

• 明信片míng xìn piàn

  postcard