功夫 (gung1 fu1 | gong1 fu1) : 1] skill; art; labour; effort [2] kung fu

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功夫

gung1 fu1

gong1 fu1

[1] skill; art; labour; effort [2] kung fu - a Chinese martial art. Sometimes known as 'gong fu' or 'gung fu'

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,200,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

功夫

This word has been viewed 4797 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 1st Nov 2008 18:14

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功 gung1 - merit; meritorious service; effect; skill
夫 fu1 fu4 - husband; male adult; manual worker

7 compounds containing this word:

功夫片 - martial arts movies
打功夫 - to practice martial arts
耍功夫 - play kung fu
手板眼見功夫 - easy task, jobs that do not require talents or special training
功夫熱 - the "Kung-Fu fever" periode during the 70's
只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 - Constant grinding can turn an iron rod into a needle
踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費功夫 - find sth by chance after looking for it everywhere

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呢啲手板眼見功夫你好快就會學識粵
It will not take long before you learn how to do such simple jobs.

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

工夫 gung1 fu1 gong1 fu1 = time; labour; skill

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Decimal representation of this word: 功夫

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