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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 功夫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
功夫 gōng fu - skill
- art
- kung fu
- labor
- effort

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 3 3,165 4,187 4,347

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gōng- meritorious deed or service
- achievement
- result
- service
- accomplishment
- work (physics)
- husband
- man
- manual worker
- conscripted laborer (old)
- (classical) this, that
- he, she, they
- (exclamatory final particle)
- (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Other Words Containing 功夫

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
功夫 5 3 3,165 4,187 4,347
下功夫 - 9 25,169 12,010 30,650