功夫
功夫 = Gōngfu = Gung1 Fu1 = Mastery of a skill over time through hard work
Chinese Character | Mandarin | Cantonese | English |
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功夫 | Gōngfu | Gung1 Fu1 | Mastery of a skill over time through hard work |
Alternative Meanings
- Time (to do something).
- Efforts (devoted to a task).
- Accomplishments, achievement.
- Skill; art; workmanship (especially in Chinese martial arts)
Originally, kung fu referred to any skill learned through great effort. Used by Westerners to refer to Chinese martial arts ( 武術 ), kung fu is now also sometimes used by Chinese to also refer to martial arts, but only since the late twentieth century.