kung fu

• gongfu, gong-fu, gong fu, gungfu, gung-fu, gung fu, kungfu, kung-fu, Kung Fu

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”): kung¹-fu⁵.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/

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• IPA^(key): (rare) /ˈkʊŋ ˈfuː/
• (rare, emulating Cantonese) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋ ˈfuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

kung fu (countable and uncountable, plural kung fu)

1. (countable) A Chinese martial art.

   Synonym: wushu

   • 1974, Carl Douglas, “Kung Fu Fighting”, performed by Carl Douglas:

     Everybody was kung-fu fighting / Those kicks were fast as lightning

2. (martial arts) The Chinese martial arts collectively.

   Synonym: wushu

   • 2021 March 31, Melissa Chen, “Opinion ‘Kung Fu Cavemen’ isn’t racist — just the victim of moral panic by a self-righteous few”, in New York Post‎^[1]:

     Along the way, they meet Master Wong, who teaches them kung fu and imparts nuggets of Chinese philosophy, knowledge and training that they eventually use to defeat their nemesis and save their village.

3. (slang) A mastery of or expertise in a skill
   1. (slang, computing) A mastery of or expertise in computer programming, hacking, or cracking

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.

• kung fu (term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chinese martial arts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

kung fu m (uncountable)

1. kung fu (Chinese martial art)

kung fu

1. kung fu (Chinese martial art)

   Jag kan kung fu

   I know kung fu

   en kung fu-film

   a kung fu movie

   en kung fu-mästare

   a kung fu master

• kung fu-film

• kung fu in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Borrowed from English kung fu, from the Wade–Giles romanization (kung¹-fu⁵) of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuŋ ˈfu/ [kʊm ˈfu]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /kuŋ ˈpu/ [kʊm ˈpu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: kung fu

kung fu (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓ) (martial arts)

1. kung fu

• “kung fu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018