功夫

gōng fu

Definitions

1. skill
2. art
3. kung fu
4. labor
5. effort

Example Sentences

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我沒 功夫 吃飯。

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Words Containing 功夫

• 下功夫 xià gōng fu: see 下工夫[xià gōng fu]
• 做功夫 zuò gōng fu: to practice (work skills)
• 功夫流感 gōng fu liú gǎn: Chinese translation of \kung flu\, a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a \Chinese\ disease
• 功夫球 gōng fu qiú: see 鐵球|铁球[tiě qiú]
• 功夫病毒 gōng fu bìng dú: kung flu
• 功夫茶 gōng fu chá: very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
• 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn: If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
• 抓功夫 zhuā gōng fu: to maximize one's time

Child Words of 功夫

• 功 gōng: meritorious deed or service
• 夫 fū: man
• 夫 fú: (classical) this, that