功課

See also: 功课

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	subject; class; lesson
trad. (功課)		功	課
simp. (功课)		功	课

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ fo³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'gung¹ kuo³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹ ko⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-khò / kang-khò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ kuê³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kon-khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongkè
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: gūng-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongkeh
    • Palladius: гункэ (gunkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ fo³
    • Yale: gūng fo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ fo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ fo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔː³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'gung¹ kuo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈkuŋ⁴² kʰuo²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gung¹ ko⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰo⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-khò
    • Tâi-lô: kong-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongqoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ kʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-khò
    • Tâi-lô: kang-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangqoix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ kuê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong khuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ kʰue²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-khu
    • MiniDict: kon^平 khu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

Noun

功課

1. homework; schoolwork (work assigned by a teacher)

   今日老師畀得太多功課。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   今日老师畀得太多功课。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ jat⁶ lou⁵ si¹ bei² dak¹ taai³ do¹ gung¹ fo³. [Jyutping]

   Today, the teacher gave us too much homework.

2. lessons; curriculum; school subjects
3. (Buddhism) scripture-chanting
4. (figurative) homework (preliminary or preparatory work, such as research)

   如果你想要得到這份工作，得做足功課。 [MSC, trad.]
   如果你想要得到这份工作，得做足功课。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎngyào dédào zhè fèn gōngzuò, děi zuò zú gōngkè. [Pinyin]

   You need to do your homework if you want to get this job.

Synonyms

• (homework):

Dialectal synonyms of 家庭作業 (“homework”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		家庭作業, 功課
Mandarin	Taiwan	家庭作業, 功課
Cantonese	Hong Kong	功課, 家課, assignment
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	功課, 宿題
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	功課
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	功課, 宿題
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	功課, 課題
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	功課, 宿題
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	功課, 宿題
Southern Min	Tainan	宿題

Derived terms

• 做功課／做功课 (zuò gōngkè)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (功課):

• → Japanese: 功課(こうか) (kōka)
• → Vietnamese: công khoá (功課)