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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
cōng - (literary) acute (of hearing)
- (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 10,902 12,538 9,004

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Ear

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
聪明 3 5 715 3,121 1,442
- - 10,902 12,538 9,004
自作聪明 - - 13,335 41,741 22,275
小聪明 - - 13,869 33,455 17,092
聪慧 - - 16,115 26,294 16,837
聪明才智 - - 19,397 27,473 34,343
失聪 - - 24,249 52,913 36,550
聪明伶俐 - - 28,745 48,180 30,940
聪颖 - - 34,437 48,522 32,844
聪敏 - - 36,141 69,889 55,537
聪明反被聪明误 - - 39,727 76,496 47,368
耳聪目明 - - 58,696 80,961 65,546