Usage of the character 聰

(literary) acute (of hearing)
(bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp

cōngmǐn

聪敏

[聰敏]

bright; sharp; quick-witted

cōnghuì

聪慧

[聰慧]

bright; intelligent

shīcōng

失聪

[失聰]

to go deaf; to lose one's hearing
deafness; hearing loss

cōngyǐng

聪颖

[聰穎]

smart; intelligent

cōngming

聪明

[聰明]

intelligent; clever; bright
acute (of sight and hearing)

xiǎocōngming

小聪明

[小聰明]

clever-clever
clever in trivial matters
sharp but petty-minded

cōngmingjuédǐng

聪明绝顶

[聰明絕頂]

highly intelligent; brilliant

cōngmingcáizhì

聪明才智

[聰明才智]

intelligence and ability

zìzuò-cōngmíng

自作聪明

[自作聰明]

(idiom) to think oneself clever

ěrcōngmùmíng

耳聪目明

[耳聰目明]

sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom)
keen and alert
perceptive

juédǐngcōngming

绝顶聪明

[絕頂聰明]

highly intelligent; brilliant

shìhòucōngming

事后聪明

[事後聰明]

wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

cōngmingguòtóu

聪明过头

[聰明過頭]

too clever by half; excessive ingenuity

bīngxuěcōngming

冰雪聪明

[冰雪聰明]

exceptionally intelligent (idiom)

cōngminglínglì

聪明伶俐

[聰明伶俐]

bright; clever; quick-witted

shuǎxiǎocōngming

耍小聪明

[耍小聰明]

to get smart
to resort to petty tricks

cōngmíngfǎnbèicōngmíngwù

聪明反被聪明误

[聰明反被聰明誤]

(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good

cōngmingyīshì,měngdǒngyīshí

聪明一世，懵懂一时

[聰明一世，懵懂一時]

see 聰明一世，糊塗一時／聪明一世，糊涂一时 (cōngmingyīshì,hútuyīshí)

cōngmingyīshì,hútuyīshí

聪明一世，糊涂一时

[聰明一世，糊塗一時]

(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve

jīguānsuànjìntàicōngming,fǎnsuànleqīngqīngxìngmìng

机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命

[機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命]

if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢／红楼梦 ( Hónglóu Mèng))