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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of various Chinese martial arts, especially those forms in which sharp blows and kicks are applied to pressure points on the body of an opponent.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A Chinese martial art.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a Chinese martial art

Etymologies

  1. Based on the Wade-Giles romanization of the Chinese Mandarin 功夫 ("skill, or accomplishment") (Wade-Giles: kung1-fu, Pinyin: gōngfu, IPA: /kʊŋ˥˥fu/). (Wiktionary)
  2. Chinese (Mandarin) gōngfu, skill, art : gōng, worker, work + fū, man, laborer. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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