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kung_fu

kung fu

See also: kungfu and kung-fu

English

Alternative forms

gongfu
gungfu
gung fu
Kung Fu
kung-fu

Noun

kung fu ‎(uncountable)

A Chinese martial art.

Related terms

Translations

martial art

Arabic: كُونْج فُو m ‎(kung fū)
Catalan: kung-fu m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 功夫 ‎(gung¹ fu¹)

Mandarin: 功夫 (zh) ‎(gōngfu)

Min Nan: 功夫 (zh-min-nan) ‎(kang-hu)
Dutch: kung fu (nl) m, f
Hebrew: קונג פו (he)
Hindi: कुंग फू ‎(kuṅg phū, kuṅg fū), कुंग फ़ू ‎(kuṅg fū)
Indonesian: kungfu (id)
Japanese: 功夫 (ja) ‎(kanfū), カンフー ‎(kanfū), ゴンフー ‎(gonfū)
Khmer:

Korean: 쿵후 ‎(kung-hu)
Malay: kung fu
Nepali:
Persian: کونگ فو (fa) ‎(kung fu)
Portuguese: kung fu (pt) m
Romanian: kung-fu
Russian: кун-фу́ (ru) n ‎(kun-fú), кунфу́ (ru) n ‎(kunfú), кунг-фу́ (ru) n ‎(kung-fú), гунфу́ (ru) n ‎(gunfú)
Spanish: kung-fu m
Swedish: kung fu (sv) c
Thai: กังฟู (th) ‎(gang-foo)
Vietnamese: võ thuật (武術) Trung Quốc (literally wushu), kung fu (vi), công phu (vi) (功夫)

See also

karate
wushu

External links

Chinese martial arts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Kung fu (term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

kung fu m (uncountable)

kung fu (Chinese martial art)