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別の表記

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

語源

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”): kung-fu.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/
• IPA: (rare) /ˈkʊŋ ˈfuː/
• enPR: go͝ong′ fo͞o′
• (rare, emulating Cantonese, also Singapore, Malaysia) IPA: /ˈkɔŋ ˈfuː/
• 韻: -uː

名詞

kung fu (countable and uncountable, plural kung fu)

1. (countable) A Chinese martial art.

   Synonym: wushu

   • 1974, Carl Douglas, “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

   • 2021 March 31, Melissa Chen, “Opinion ‘Kung Fu Cavemen’ isn’t racist — just the victim of moral panic by a self-righteous few”, in New York Post‎:

     Along the way, they meet Master Wong, who teaches them kung fu and imparts nuggets of Chinese philosophy, knowledge and training that they eventually use to defeat their nemesis and save their village.

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

派生語

動詞

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.

Further reading

• Chinese martial arts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia