快 kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 聪明 聰明 cōng ming intelligent / clever / bright / acute (of sight and hearing) syn 机灵 機靈 jī ling clever / quick-witted syn 巧妙 qiǎo miào ingenious / clever / ingenuity / artifice syn 灵敏 靈敏 líng mǐn smart / clever / sensitive / keen / quick / sharp syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn 灵通 靈通 líng tōng fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective syn 伶俐 líng lì clever / witty / intelligent / deft / adroit syn 乖巧 guāi qiǎo clever (child) / smart / lovable / cute syn 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 玲珑 玲瓏 líng lóng (onom.) clink of jewels / exquisite / detailed and fine / clever / nimble syn 弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face syn 伶牙俐齿 伶牙俐齒 líng yá lì chǐ clever and eloquent (idiom) / fluent / having the gift of the gab syn 聪明反被聪明误 聰明反被聰明誤 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity / cleverness may overreach itself / too smart for one's own good 心灵手巧 心靈手巧 xīn líng shǒu qiǎo capable / clever / dexterous syn 妙趣 miào qù witty / clever / amusing 极少 極少 jí shǎo very little / very few 自作 zì zuò to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive) 妙招 miào zhāo smart move / clever way of doing sth 甚微 shèn wēi very small / very little / scant / minimal syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously syn 灵机 靈機 líng jī sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick syn 高妙 gāo miào masterly / subtle and clever (or artwork, writing etc) syn 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal syn 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small / very few / very minor syn 聪 聰 cōng (literary) acute (of hearing) / (bound form) clever / intelligent / sharp syn 良 liáng good / very / very much syn 自作聪明 自作聰明 zì zuò cōng míng to think oneself clever (idiom) syn 小聪明 小聰明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded syn 机灵鬼 機靈鬼 jī líng guǐ (jocular) clever and quick-witted person syn 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 cōng ming líng lì clever and quick-witted syn 颖 穎 yǐng head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding syn 乖觉 乖覺 guāi jué perceptive / alert / clever / shrewd syn 灵妙 靈妙 líng miào wonderful / ingenious / clever 譞 xuān usually used in a name / clever / intelligent 很 hěn very / quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) syn 太 tài highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely syn 可 kě (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however syn 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 当 當 dàng at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) syn 非常 fēi cháng very / really / unusual / extraordinary syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 美 měi beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself syn 特别 特別 tè bié unusual / special / very / especially / particularly / expressly / for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular syn 特 té special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very syn 特 tè special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 充满 充滿 chōng mǎn full of / brimming with / very full / permeated syn 十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn 巨大 jù dà huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous syn 起码 起碼 qǐ mǎ at the minimum / at the very least syn 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 漫长 漫長 màn cháng very long / endless syn 老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away syn 万分 萬分 wàn fēn very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part syn 恶劣 惡劣 è liè vile / nasty / of very poor quality syn 此时此刻 此時此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment syn 深夜 shēn yè very late at night syn 称职 稱職 chèn zhí well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well 不大 bù dà not very / not too / not often syn 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 最先 zuì xiān (the) very first syn 不怎么 不怎麼 bù zěn me not very / not particularly syn 寒冷 hán lěng cold (climate) / frigid / very cold syn 卖力 賣力 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand syn 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 一清二楚 yī qīng èr chǔ to be very clear about sth (idiom) syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 飞快 飛快 fēi kuài very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp syn 小心翼翼 xiǎo xīn yì yì cautious and solemn (idiom) / very carefully / prudent / gently and cautiously syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 钟爱 鍾愛 zhōng ài to treasure / to be very fond of syn 老掉牙 lǎo diào yá very old / obsolete / out of date syn 两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn 好不 hǎo bù not at all ... / how very ... syn 一干二净 一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean syn 易如反掌 yì rú fǎn zhǎng easy as a hand's turn (idiom) / very easy / no effort at all syn 过意不去 過意不去 guò yì bù qù to feel very apologetic syn 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge syn 放声 放聲 fàng shēng very loudly / at the top of one's voice 大款 dà kuǎn very wealthy person syn 大为 大為 dà wéi very / greatly syn 近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ (idiom) very close / almost within reach / close at hand syn 一瞬 yī shùn one instant / very short time / the twinkle of an eye syn 嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc syn 微乎其微 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom) syn 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 打得火热 打得火熱 dǎ de huǒ rè (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing syn 不胜 不勝 bù shèng cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely syn 巴巴 bā bā (suffix) very / extremely 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely syn 眼见 眼見 yǎn jiàn to see with one's own eyes / very soon syn 易于 yì yú very likely / prone to syn 通红 通紅 tōng hóng very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red) syn 