功夫
gōng fu 1–5
skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
- Characters
- 2
- 功 · 夫
- Syllables
- 2
- gōng fu
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 3,675
Part of speech: n
Character by character
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 功夫. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 成功chéng gōngHSK 3
success; to succeed
- 丈夫zhàng fuHSK 4
husband
- 功能gōng néngHSK 3
function; capability
- 夫人fū renHSK 4
lady; madam; Mrs.
- 夫妇fū fùHSK 4
a (married) couple; husband and wife
- 夫妻fū qīHSK 4
husband and wife; married couple
- 功gōngHSK 7
meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- 大夫dà fūHSK 3
senior official (in imperial China)
- 高尔夫球gāo ěr fū qiúHSK 7
golf; golf ball
- 功课gōng kèHSK 3
homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study
- 功劳gōng láoHSK 7
contribution; meritorious service; credit
- 工夫gōng fuHSK 3
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
- 功效gōng xiàoHSK 7
efficacy
- 功率gōng lǜHSK 7
rate of work; power (output)
- 功力gōng lìHSK 7
merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
- 下功夫xià gōng fuHSK 7
see 夫
- 用功yòng gōngHSK 7
diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort
- 功臣gōng chénHSK 7
minister who has given outstanding service
- 基本功jī běn gōngHSK 7
basic skills; fundamentals
- 立功lì gōngHSK 7
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 朽); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- 多功能duō gōng néngHSK 7
multifunctional; multifunction
- 功底gōng dǐHSK 7
training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals
- 急功近利jí gōng jìn lì
seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
- 气功qì gōng
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation