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工夫

gōng fū

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 6

gōng fū · gung1 fu1 (Jyutping)

  1. (old) laborer

gōng fu · gung1 fu1 (Jyutping)

  1. period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
  2. spare time
  3. skill
  4. labor
  5. effort

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

工

Meaning
labor, work; worker, laborer
Radical
工
Strokes
3
Components
⿱一丄
Cangjie
MLM
Four-corner
1010.0

夫

Meaning
man, male adult, husband; those
Radical
大
Strokes
4
Components
⿻一大
Cangjie
QO
Four-corner
5003.0

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