Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In China, a prefecture or department. It comprises several hien, and is in charge of an officer styled a chih-fu (which see). As a terminal syllable in Chinese place-names, the word may denote either a department or the chief city of a department: as, Chang-sha- fu, Fu-chow- foo.
- A Scotch form of full.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A department in China comprising several hsein; also, the chief city of a department; -- often forming the last part of a name.
Examples
“The literal translation of tai chi is supreme ultimate, whereas kung fu translates as skilled achievement.”
“My google fu is mediocre on that front, “site: volokh. com kozinski gore 2007,” for example, results in 170 or so matches.”
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“Sadly, their ecommerce-fu is about as terrible as it gets, but if you're near a Muji store, it's £16 well-spent.”
“I have been doing karate since I was five, but kung fu is way different.”
“This whole Captain America thing illuminates what a coward Joe Quesada is, and why Dirk Deppey, for all his link-blogging kung fu, is usually better off not commenting on politics.”
“As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.”
“Perhaps my Ubuntu-fu is stronger but for me Ctrl+Alt+BS was enabled from the start.”
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“(I almost added "or Kung fu," but then I remembered House of Flying Daggers [curse you, House of Flying Daggers!], so anything containing Kung fu is not automatically good.)”
“My Getting Things Done kung-fu is easily beaten down”
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“Wushu, as kung-fu is better known in China, boasts a history stretching back thousands of years.”
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mollusque Variant of "phu", any of several species of valerian. Dec 8, 2007