| cōng | quick at hearing/wise/clever/sharp-witted/intelligent/acute |
| 聪 | quick at hearing wise clever |
| 聪俊 | Intelligent and pretty. |
| 聪悟 | Intelligent, and quick in understanding. |
| 聪慧 | bright witty intelligent |
| 聪敏 | quick bright intelligent |
| 聪明 | acute (of sight and hearing) clever intelligent |
| 聪明反被聪明误 | a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself too smart for one's own good |
| 聪明才智 | intelligence and wisdom |
| 聪明活泼 | wise and active |
| 聪明能干 | bright and capable |
| 聪明过头 | too clever by half excessive ingenuity |
| 聪颖 | smart intelligent |