| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 功夫 | 功夫 | gōngfu | - skill - art - kung fu - labor - effort |
| 武术 | 武術 | wǔshù | - military skill or technique (in former times) - all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) - self-defense - tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) - also called kungfu 功夫 - CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 下功夫 | 下功夫 | xiàgōngfu | - see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5] |
| 做功夫 | 做功夫 | zuògōngfu | - to practice (work skills) |
| 功夫球 | 功夫球 | gōngfuqiú | - see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2] |
| 功夫茶 | 功夫茶 | gōngfuchá | - very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan |
| 抓功夫 | 抓功夫 | zhuāgōngfu | - to maximize one's time - to catch some time out - to find enough time - (also 抓工夫) |
| 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 | 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 | zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn | - If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. - cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task - to study diligently |
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