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用功 yònggōng

用功 yònggōng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 用功 yònggōng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yònggōng | yong4 gong1
English translation
diligent
industrious (in one's studies)
to study hard
to make great effort

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About 用功 yònggōng

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Traditional form

用功 yònggōng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 用功 yònggōng

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 用功 yònggōng .

yòng

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a bucket with a handle on the right side. The current meaning "use" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

jiōng

Number of Strokes

5
gōng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

工力

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 用功 yònggōng

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zài 学校 xuéxiào shí hěn 用功 yònggōng ,决不 jué bù shì bèn de zhǒng .

He was a good worker at school and far from stupid.

克罗斯断言 duàn yán shuì :“我们 wǒmen 一无所获 yī wú suǒ huò zài zuò 无用功。”

"Getting nowhere fast," pronounced Crosby, "that's what we're doing."

用功 yònggōng Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 用功 yònggōng and their own compounds.

用功 yònggōng Compounds

See all 87 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 用功 yònggōng in their composition.

  • yòng
    • Piān
      • biǎn
        • biǎn
      • biān
        • bèi , bài , bèi , , bèi
      • piàn , biān , biàn , piān , piān , biān , piān , biān , biān , biǎn , bān , piān , biān , biàn , biǎn , piǎn , pián , biān , , , , , , , , , , , , piàn , piàn , 鯿,
    • yōng
      • yōng , yōng , yōng , yōng , yōng , , , , , , , , yōng
    • yǒng
      • tōng
        • , tōng , tōng ,
      • yǒng
      • tòng , yǒng , tǒng , tǒng , sòng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , yǒng , , , sòng , , ,
    • níng
      • ,
    • yōng , yòng , béng , bèi , , béng , yōng , biě , ,
  • gōng
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