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功夫 gōngfu

功夫 gōngfu Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 功夫 gōngfu .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōngfu | gong1 fu5
English translation
skill
art
kung fu
labor
effort

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HSK level

4

Traditional form

功夫 gōngfu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 功夫 gōngfu

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功 gōng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 力 Lì represents the meaning and 工 gōng represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

⿰工力

Number of Strokes

5
夫 fū

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a man. The top horizontal stroke is traditionally explained as a hairpin which was only worn by adults.

Positional decomposition

⿻一大

Number of Strokes

4

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他 tā 跟 gēn 她 tā 几经 jǐ jīng 磨 mó 了 le 一 yī 春 chūn 的 de 功夫 gōngfu 了 le .

He has been creeping about with her all the spring.

功夫 gōngfu Decomposition

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功夫 gōngfu Compounds

See all 63 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 功夫 gōngfu in their composition.

  • 功 gōng
    • 夫 fū
      • 规 guī
      • 替 tì
        • 潜 qián , 僣 jiàn , 簮, 譛, 鐟
      • 夹 jiā
      • 扶 fú
        • 荴
      • 辇 niǎn
      • 規 guī
        • 槻 guī , 嫢, 摫, 瞡, 窺 kuī , 闚
      • 賛
        • 鑚, 纉 zuǎn , 儧, 攅, 櫕, 濽, 瓉, 讃
      • 輦 niǎn
      • 肤 fū , 芙 fú , 麸 fū , 伕 fū , 呋 fū , 玞 fū , 砆 fū , 蚨 fú , 衭 fū , 趺 fū , 鈇, 鶏 jī , 妋, 巬, 巭, 枎, 椝 guī , 畉, 酜, 颫, 鬶, 鳺, 麩 fū , 齤
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