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工夫

工夫 (gōng fu): (old) laborer (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

工夫 consists of 2 characters.

work, labor, industry

husband; man; adult male

Word Info

Pinyingōng fu

Meaning(old) laborer

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 6

SyntaxNoun

Word工夫

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 工夫.

Words with 工

工作gōng zuòHSK 1
工作日gōng zuò rìHSK 3
工资gōng zīHSK 4
员工yuán gōngHSK 5
工业gōng yèHSK 5
工人gōng rénHSK 5
工具gōng jùHSK 5
工厂gōng chǎngHSK 5

Words with 夫

丈夫zhàng fuHSK 2
夫妻fū qīHSK 3
功夫gōng fuHSK 4
大夫dài fuHSK 4
夫人fū renHSK 6
夫妇fū fùHSK 6
下功夫xià gōng fuHSK 6
懦夫

nuò fū

3.

Example Sentences with 工夫

Zhè这

wèi位

lǎo老

gōng工

fū夫

zài在

gōng工

dì地

shàng上

gàn干

le了

yī一

bèi辈

zi子

。

This old laborer has worked on construction sites his whole life.

wǒ我

kě可

méi没

xián闲

gōng工

fū夫

bǎi摆

nòng弄

nà那

xiē

些

huá华

ér而

bù不

shí实

de的

wán玩

yì意

ér儿

。

I don't have time to fiddle with those flashy but impractical toys.