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"5": "skill, accomplishment, martial art"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "5"
},
"expansion": "⁵",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "",
"3": "kung¹-fu⁵"
},
"expansion": "kung¹-fu⁵",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English kung fu, from the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”): kung¹-fu⁵.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kung fu",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "kung fu (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓ)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"kung"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog multiword terms",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from English",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from Mandarin",
"Tagalog terms derived from English",
"Tagalog terms derived from Mandarin",
"Tagalog terms derived from Wade–Giles",
"Tagalog terms spelled with F",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
"tl:Martial arts"
],
"glosses": [
"kung fu"
],
"links": [
[
"martial arts",
"martial arts"
],
[
"kung fu",
"kung fu#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(martial arts) kung fu"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
"military",
"politics",
"sports",
"war"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kuŋ ˈfu/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʊm ˈfu]"
},
{
"ipa": "/kuŋ ˈpu/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʊm ˈpu]"
}
],
"word": "kung fu"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kang-hu vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"kung fu"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "kung fu",
"trace": ""
}
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