吃功夫

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	time; efforts
simp. and trad. (吃功夫)		吃	功夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī gōngfu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī gōngfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih gongfů
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ kung¹-fu⁵
    • Yale: chr̄ gūng-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy gong.fu
    • Palladius: чи гунфу (či gunfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/

Verb

吃功夫

1. (figurative, colloquial) to take effort and skill