kung fu

English

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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: /ˌkʌŋˈfuː/

Noun

kung fu (uncountable)

1. Any Chinese martial art.

Related terms

• fu
• -fu
• wire fu

Translations

Translations

Arabic: كونج فو (ar) (kungh fuu) m. Chinese: Cantonese: 功夫 (gung1 fu1) Mandarin: 功夫 (cmn) (gōngfu) Min Nan: 功夫 (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. Thai: กังฟู (th) (gang-foo) Vietnamese: 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)