What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 功夫 mean?

功夫 gōngfu

time; effort (as in 下功夫)

It can also mean

  • skill; workmanship
  • kung fu; martial arts

Its characters

  1. 功 gōng merit
  2. 夫 fū husband (as in 丈夫, 夫妻)

In a sentence

这位厨师的功夫真好。 This chef's skills are really good.

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