小聪明 meaning in English

xiǎocōngming

clever-clever; clever in trivial matters

Traditional 小聰明26 strokes

Meaning of 小聪明

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiǎocōngming
  1. clever-clever
  2. clever in trivial matters
  3. sharp but petty-minded

小聪明 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā只zhǐ不bù过guò是shì有yǒu点diǎn小xiǎo聪cōng明míng。
Although he may be clever, he is not wise.
即jí使shǐ他tā有yǒu些xiē小xiǎo聪cōng明míng,但dàn是shì他tā并bìng不bù智zhì慧huì。
Though he is clever, he isn't wise.

Stroke order for each character

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小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes

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聪 cōng · sharp · 15 strokes

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明 míng · bright · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 小聪明.

明白míngbaiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
小姐xiǎojiěyoung lady; miss
明天míngtiāntomorrow
小时xiǎoshíhour
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to
明年míngniánnext year
小学xiǎoxuéelementary school; primary school
小孩儿xiǎoháirerhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student; schoolchild
小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; to take care
说明shuōmíngto explain; to illustrate
明星míngxīngstar; celebrity

Questions about 小聪明

What does 小聪明 mean?

小聪明 (xiǎocōngming) means "clever-clever; clever in trivial matters".

How do you write 小聪明?

小聪明 is made of 3 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 聪 (15 strokes), 明 (8 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

How is 小聪明 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 小聪明 is written 小聰明.