聰慧

See also: 聪慧 and 聡慧

Chinese

		quick at hearing; wise; clever quick at hearing; wise; clever; sharp-witted; intelligent; acute	intelligent
trad. (聰慧)		聰	慧
simp. (聪慧)		聪	慧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cōnghuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cōnghuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: conghuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹-hui⁴
    • Yale: tsūng-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsonghuey
    • Palladius: цунхуэй (cunxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ wai⁶
    • Yale: chūng waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Adjective

聰慧

1. intelligent; bright; witty

Synonyms

• 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
• 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
• 伶俐 (línglì)
• 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
• 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
• 性靈／性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
• 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
• 明慧 (mínghuì)
• 明智 (míngzhì)
• 機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
• 機智／机智 (jīzhì)
• 機穎／机颖 (literary)
• 機警／机警 (jījǐng)
• 機靈／机灵
• 活絡／活络 (Wu)
• 睿智 (ruìzhì)
• 穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
• 精濟／精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 精齊／精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
• 聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
• 聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
• 英明 (yīngmíng)
• 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
• 靈／灵 (líng)
• 靈光／灵光 (⁶lin-kuaon) (Wu)
• 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聰明, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聰明, 機靈, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎, 聰慧
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聰明
	Taiwan	聰明
	Malaysia	聰明
	Singapore	聰明
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聰明
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	靈, 靈醒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	精靈, 聰明
	Wuhan	聰明
	Guilin	聰明
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	聰明
	Hefei	聰明
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Hong Kong	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Taishan	聰明, 叻, 參
	Kaiping (Chikan)	叻
	Yangjiang	伶俐, 叻
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	精, 扮𠮨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聰明, 精, 叻, 醒目, 扮𠮨
Gan	Nanchang	精靈, 聰明
Hakka	Meixian	聰明, 機靈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聰明
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聰明
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聰明
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聰明, 精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聰明, 精
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聰明
	Kuching (Hepo)	將
Jin	Taiyuan	機靈, 聰明
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聰明
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聰明
Southern Min	Xiamen	聰明
	Quanzhou	聰明, 骨, 骨鳥 derogatory
	Zhangzhou	聰明
	Taipei	聰明, 巧, 明白
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聰明, 𠢕, 勥, 醒目, 巧
	Manila (Hokkien)	巧, 勥, 𠢕
	Chaozhou	聰明
	Singapore (Teochew)	聰明
	Wenchang	精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	精
Wu	Suzhou	聰明
	Ningbo	聰明
	Wenzhou	靈, 聰明
Xiang	Changsha	靈泛, 聰明
	Shuangfeng	聰明

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聰慧):

• → Japanese: 聡(そう)慧(けい) (sōkei)
• → Korean: 총혜(聰慧) (chonghye)
• → Vietnamese: thông tuệ (聰慧)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聰	慧
そう Hyōgai	けい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 聰慧 – see the following entry.

【聡慧そうけい】 [adjective] perspicacious, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, intelligent, wise

(This term, 聰慧, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
聰	慧

Adjective

聰慧

1. chữ Hán form of thông tuệ (“knowledgeable”).