kung fu

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Alternative forms

• gongfu
• gungfu
• gung fu
• Kung Fu
• kung-fu

Etymology

Based on the Wade-Giles romanization of the Chinese Mandarin 功夫 (“skill, or accomplishment”) (Wade-Giles: kung¹-fu, Pinyin: gōngfu, IPA: /kʊŋ˥˥fu/).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/
• (Rare) IPA: /ˈkʊŋ ˈfuː/

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Noun

kung fu (uncountable)

1. A Chinese martial art.

Related terms

• fu
• -fu
• wire fu

Translations

martial art

• Arabic: كونج فو (ar) (kungh fuu) m
• Catalan: kung-fu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 功夫 (gung1 fu1)

  Mandarin: 功夫 (cmn) (gōngfu)

  Min Nan: 功夫 (nan) (kang-hu)

• Dutch: kung fu (nl) m and f
• Hebrew: קונג פו (he)
• Hindi: कुंग फू (hi) (kuṅg phū, kuṅg fū), कुंग फ़ू (hi) (kuṅg fū)

• Japanese: 功夫 (ja) (kanfū), カンフー (ja) (kanfū), ゴンフー (ja) (gonfū)
• Korean: 쿵후 (ko) (kung-hu)
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: کونگ فو (fa) (kung fu)
• Russian: кун-фу (ru) (kun-fú) n, кунфу (ru) (kunfú) n, кунг-фу (ru) (kung-fú) n, гунфу (ru) (gunfú) n
• Spanish: kung-fu (es) m
• Thai: กังฟู (th) (gang-foo)
• Vietnamese: võ thuật (武術 (vi)) Trung Quốc (literally wushu), kung fu (vi), công phu (vi) (功夫 (vi))

See also

• karate
• wushu

External links

• Chinese martial arts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Chinese martial arts
• Kung fu (term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Kung fu (term)