"kung fu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/, /ˈkʊŋ ˈfuː/ [rare], /ˈkɔŋ ˈfuː/ (note: rare, emulating Cantonese) Audio: En-us-kung fu.ogg [US] Forms: kung fu [plural]
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”): kung¹-fu⁵. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles, {{bor|en|cmn|功夫||skill, accomplishment, martial art}} Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{sup|5}} ⁵, {{m|cmn||kung¹-fu⁵}} kung¹-fu⁵ Head templates: {{en-noun|~|kung fu|nolinkhead=1}} kung fu (countable and uncountable, plural kung fu)
  1. (countable) A Chinese martial art. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Martial arts Synonyms: wushu Translations (martial art): كُونْج فُو (kung fū) [masculine] (Arabic), কুংফু (kuṅphu) (Assamese), কুম্ফু (kumphu) (Assamese), kung-fu [masculine] (Catalan), 功夫 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 功夫 (gung¹ fu¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 功夫 (gōngfu) (Chinese Mandarin), kung fu [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kungfuo (Esperanto), kung-fu (Estonian), kung-fu (Finnish), kung-fu [masculine] (French), Kung-Fu [neuter] (German), Κουνγκ-Φου (Koungk-Fou) (Greek), κουνγκ φου (koungk fou) (Greek), קוּנְג פוּ (english: kung fu) (Hebrew), कुंग फू (kuṅg phū) (Hindi), कुंग फ़ू (kuṅg fū) (Hindi), kungfu (Indonesian), kung fu [masculine] (Italian), 功夫 (kanfū) (Japanese), カンフー (kanfū) (Japanese), ゴンフー (gonfū) (Japanese), кунг-фу (kuñ-fu) (Kazakh), កុងហ្វូ (kongfou) (Khmer), 쿵후 (kunghu) (Korean), kung fu (Malay), कुङ फू (kuṅ phū) (Nepali), କଙ୍ଗ୍ ଫୁ (kôṅg phu) (Odia), کونگ فو (english: kung fu) (Persian), kung-fu [neuter] (Polish), kung fu [masculine] (Portuguese), kung-fu (Romanian), кун-фу́ (kun-fú) [neuter] (Russian), кунфу́ (kunfú) [neuter] (Russian), кунг-фу́ (kung-fú) [neuter] (Russian), гунфу́ (gunfú) [neuter] (Russian), kung-fu [masculine] (Spanish), kung fu [common-gender] (Swedish), kung fu (Tagalog), กังฟู (gang-fuu) (Thai), དྲག་རྩལ (english: drag rtsal) (Tibetan), گۇمپا (gumpa) (Uyghur), võ thuật Trung Quốc (alt: 武術中國) (Vietnamese), kung fu (Vietnamese), công phu (alt: 功夫) (Vietnamese), kọnfú (Yoruba)
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  2. (martial arts) The Chinese martial arts collectively. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Martial arts, Martial arts Synonyms: wushu
    Sense id: en-kung_fu-en-noun-fN1sq9Za Disambiguation of Martial arts: 46 47 1 3 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 3 22 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 26 3 29 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 27 3 26 19 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
  3. (slang) A mastery of or expertise in a skill Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kung_fu-en-noun-c3Jhm2UG
  4. (slang) A mastery of or expertise in a skill
    (slang, computing) A mastery of or expertise in computer programming, hacking, or cracking
    Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-kung_fu-en-noun-OgUpbwVv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 3 22 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 26 3 29 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 27 3 26 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -fu, wire fu, kung flu

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/, /ˈkʊŋ ˈfuː/ [rare], /ˈkɔŋ ˈfuː/ (note: rare, emulating Cantonese) Audio: En-us-kung fu.ogg [US] Forms: kung fus [present, singular, third-person], kung fuing [participle, present], kung fued [participle, past], kung fued [past]
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”): kung¹-fu⁵. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles, {{bor|en|cmn|功夫||skill, accomplishment, martial art}} Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{sup|5}} ⁵, {{m|cmn||kung¹-fu⁵}} kung¹-fu⁵ Head templates: {{en-verb|nolinkhead=1}} kung fu (third-person singular simple present kung fus, present participle kung fuing, simple past and past participle kung fued)
  1. To perform kung fu Synonyms: gongfu, gong-fu, gong fu, gungfu, gung-fu, gung fu, kungfu, kung-fu, Kung Fu
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Alternative forms

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      "word": "võ thuật Trung Quốc"
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      "sense": "martial art",
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      "sense": "martial art",
      "word": "công phu"
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