功課

See also: 功课

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	subject; class; lesson
trad. (功課)		功	課
simp. (功课)		功	课

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngkè

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ fo³
Gan (Wiktionary): 'gung¹ kuo³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹ ko⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-khò / kang-khò

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ kuê³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-khu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongkè
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: gūng-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongkeh
  - Palladius: гункэ (gunkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ fo³
  - Yale: gūng fo
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ fo³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ fo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔː³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'gung¹ kuo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈkuŋ⁴² kʰuo²¹³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gung¹ ko⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰo⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-khò
  - Tâi-lô: kong-khò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongqoix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰo¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ kʰo⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-khò
  - Tâi-lô: kang-khò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kangqoix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ kuê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong khuè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ kʰue²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kon-khu
  - MiniDict: kon^平 khu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-khu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

Noun

功課

homework; schoolwork (work assigned by a teacher)
今日老師畀得太多功課。 [Cantonese, trad.]
今日老师畀得太多功课。 [Cantonese, simp.]
gam¹ jat⁶ lou⁵ si¹ bei² dak¹ taai³ do¹ gung¹ fo³. [Jyutping]
Today, the teacher gave us too much homework.
lessons; curriculum; school subjects
(Buddhism) scripture-chanting
(figurative) homework (preliminary or preparatory work, such as research)
如果你想要得到這份工作，得做足功課。 [MSC, trad.]
如果你想要得到这份工作，得做足功课。 [MSC, simp.]
Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎngyào dédào zhè fèn gōngzuò, děi zuò zú gōngkè. [Pinyin]
You need to do your homework if you want to get this job.

Synonyms

(homework):

Dialectal synonyms of 家庭作業 (“homework”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		家庭作業, 功課
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	家庭作業, 功課
Cantonese	Hong Kong	功課, 家課, assignment
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	功課, 宿題
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	功課
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	功課, 宿題
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	功課, 課題
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	功課, 宿題
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	功課, 宿題
Southern Min	Tainan	宿題
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	功課

Derived terms

做功課 / 做功课 (zuò gōngkè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (功課):

→ Japanese: 功課(こうか) (kōka)
→ Vietnamese: công khoá (功課)