| 颖 | [ yǐng ] head of grain, husk, tip, point, clever, gifted, outstanding |
| 颖悟 | [ yǐng wù ] intelligent, bright |
| 颖果 | [ yǐng guǒ ] grain, caryopsis (single seed typical of grasses) |
| 颖异 | [ yǐng yì ] highly intelligent, original and unique |
| ⇒ 孔颖达 | [ kǒng yǐng dá ] Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar |
| ⇒ 新颖 | [ xīn yǐng ] lit. new bud, fig. new and original |
| ⇒ 王颖 | [ wáng yǐng ] Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director |
| ⇒ 聪颖 | [ cōng yǐng ] smart, intelligent |
| ⇒ 脱颖而出 | [ tuō yǐng ér chū ] to reveal one's talent (idiom), to rise above others, to distinguish oneself |
| ⇒ 邓颖超 | [ dèng yǐng chaō ] Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 |
| ⇒ 关颖珊 | [ guān yǐng shān ] Michelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist |