聰敏

See also: 聪敏

Chinese

		quick at hearing; wise; clever quick at hearing; wise; clever; sharp-witted; intelligent; acute	keen; sensitive
trad. (聰敏)		聰	敏
simp. (聪敏)		聪	敏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cōngmǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ man⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cōngmǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: congmǐn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹-min³
    • Yale: tsūng-mǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongmiin
    • Palladius: цунминь (cunminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ min²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ man⁵
    • Yale: chūng máhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ man⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ men⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn¹³/

Adjective

聰敏

1. clever; intelligent; brilliant; bright

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)
• 聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
• 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
Mandarin	Beijing	聰明
	Taiwan	聰明
	Jinan	聰明
	Xi'an	靈, 靈醒
	Wuhan	聰明
	Chengdu	精靈, 聰明
	Guilin	聰明
	Yangzhou	聰明
	Hefei	聰明
	Malaysia	聰明
	Singapore	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