# 聪明 (cōngming)

In Mandarin Chinese, 聪明 (cōngming) means “smart; clever”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: smart; clever
- Pinyin: cōngming (cong1 ming5)
- Traditional: 聰明
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 这个孩子非常聪明。
  Zhège háizi fēicháng cōngming.
  This child is very smart.

## Characters

- 聪 (cōng): acute (of hearing); clever; intelligent; sharp
- 明 (míng): bright; opposite: dark 暗

https://hanziro.com/word/cong-ming-smart/

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