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語源

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).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/
  • (まれに) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊŋ ˈfuː/
  • (まれに, emulating Cantonese) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋ ˈfuː/

名詞

kung fu (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 kung fu)

1. (countable) A Chinese martial art.

   Synonym: wushu

   • 1974, Carl Douglas (lyrics かつ 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

派生語

• -fu, wire fu, kung flu

動詞

kung fu (三人称単数 現在形 kung fus, 現在分詞 kung fuing, 過去形および過去分詞形 kung fued)

1. To perform kung fu

Further reading

• kung fu (term) on Wikipedia.
• Chinese martial arts on Wikipedia.