# 机灵 (jīling)

In Mandarin Chinese, 机灵 (jīling) means “clever; quick-witted”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: clever; quick-witted
- Pinyin: jīling (ji1 ling5)
- Traditional: 機靈
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这个孩子聪明又机灵。
  Zhège háizi cōngming yòu jīling.
  This child is smart and quick-witted.

## Characters

- 机 (jī): machine; mechanism; aircraft
- [灵](https://hanziro.com/word/ling-effective/) (líng): effective; sharp

https://hanziro.com/word/ji-ling-clever/

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