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功夫
gōngfu
1.
skill
2.
art
3.
kung fu
4.
labor
5.
effort
HSK 4
Very Common • Top 3%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (6)
下功夫
xiàgōngfu
see [[下工夫<xiàgōngfu>]]
做功夫
zuògōngfu
to practice (work skills)
功夫球
gōngfuqiú
see [[鐵球|铁球<tiěqiú>]]
功夫茶
gōngfuchá
very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
抓功夫
zhuāgōngfu
to maximize one's time
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
Example Sentences (1)
很多外国人认为所有中国人都会功夫和乒乓球，其实只是喜爱这两种运动的中国人比较多。
Hěn duō wàiguórén rènwéi suǒyǒu zhōngguórén dōu huì gōngfu hé pīngpāngqiú, qíshí zhǐshì xǐ'ài zhè liǎng zhǒng yùndòng de zhōngguórén bǐjiào duō.
Many foreigners think all Chinese people can do kung fu and play table tennis, but actually it's just that more Chinese people like these two sports.
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- Chinese
- Word Frequency Rank
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