kung fu

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

An atonal and hyphenless Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment”) Wade-Giles romanization: kung¹-fu⁵. Modern Chinese use of 功夫 to mean “martial art(s)” has been reborrowed from European languages, the traditional Chinese term being 武術／武术 (wǔshù)／武术 (wǔshù) (wǔshù).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/

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

kung fu (countable and uncountable, plural kung fu)

1. (countable) A Chinese martial art.

   Synonym: wushu

   • 1974, Carl Douglas (lyrics and music), “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

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

• -fu, wire fu, kung flu

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)

Borrowed from English kung fu, from Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 功夫 (Pinyin: gōngfu / Wade-Giles: kung¹-fu⁵, “skill, or accomplishment”).

• Hyphenation: kung fu
• IPA^(key): /kuŋ ˈfu/, [kʊm ˈfu]
• IPA^(key): /kuŋ ˈpu/, [kʊm ˈpu]

kung fu (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓ)

1. (martial arts) kung fu

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