功用

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	to use
simp. and trad. (功用)		功	用
anagram		用功

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-yung
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongyòng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-yung⁴
    • Yale: gūng-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongyonq
    • Palladius: гунъюн (gunʺjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 供用 公用 功用

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ jung⁶
    • Yale: gūng yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 供用 公用 功用

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-yung
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-yung
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ (r)iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: kong-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kong'iong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/

Noun

功用

1. function; use

Derived terms

• 功用地

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (功用):

• → Japanese: 功(こう)用(よう) (kōyō)
• → Korean: 공용(功用) (gong'yong)
• → Vietnamese: công dụng (功用)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “功用” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].