功夫(gōng fu)

HSK 42 characters

skill

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 功夫 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 眨个眼的功夫,贡特就不见了。

    zhǎ gè yǎn de gōng fū gòng tè jiù bù jiàn le

    In a wink, Gunter was gone.

  • 他有个很有意思但很费功夫的工作。

    tā yǒu gè hěn yǒu yì sī dàn hěn fèi gōng fū de gōng zuò

    He has an interesting job but it requires a lot of skill.

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