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功夫

gōng fu
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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我沒 功夫 吃飯。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10608372)

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Words Containing 功夫

做功夫
zuò gōng fu

to practice (work skills)

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.

下功夫
xià gōng fu

see 下工夫[xià gōng fu]

功夫茶
gōng fu chá

very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan

抓功夫
zhuā gōng fu

to maximize one's time

功夫病毒
gōng fu bìng dú

kung flu

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]

Child Words of 功夫

功
gōng

meritorious deed or service

夫
fú

(classical) this, that

夫
fū

man