Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- 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
- n. A Chinese martial art.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a Chinese martial art
Etymologies
- 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)
- Chinese (Mandarin) gōngfu, skill, art : gōng, worker, work + fū, man, laborer. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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