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功

gōng

HSK 4 Character

What 功 means

1. meritorious deed or service
2. achievement
3. result
4. service
5. accomplishment
6. work (physics)

Example sentences

• 祝你成功。
  I wish you success.
• 祝你成功！
  May you succeed!
• 她成功了。
  She was successful.
• 晚会很成功。
  The party was a success.
• 功到自然成。
  Constant effort yields sure success.
• 我们成功了。
  We succeeded.

Words starting with 功

• 功能gōng néngfunction; capability
• 功夫gōng fuskill; art; kung fu
• 功课gōng kèhomework; assignment; task
• 功效gōng xiàoefficacy
• 功劳gōng láocontribution; meritorious service; credit
• 功力gōng lìmerit; efficacy; competence
• 功率gōng lǜpower (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
• 功底gōng dǐtraining in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals
• 功德gōng déachievements and virtue
• 功利gōng lìutility
• 功名gōng míngscholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement
• 功放gōng fàngpower amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器
• 功绩gōng jìfeat; contribution; merits and achievements
• 功臣gōng chénmeritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero…
• 功用gōng yòngfunction
• 功勋gōng xūnmeritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
• 功不可没gōng bù kě mòone's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
• 功能性gōng néng xìngfunctionality
• 功成名就gōng chéng míng jiùto win success and recognition (idiom)
• 功过gōng guòmerits and demerits; contributions and errors
• 功亏一篑gōng kuī yī kuìlit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful…
• 功业gōng yèachievement; outstanding work; glorious deed
• 功罪gōng zuìachievements and crimes
• 功能团gōng néng tuán(chemistry) functional group

Words containing 功

• 成功chéng gōngto succeed; success; successful; fruitful
• 用功yòng gōngdiligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard
• 气功qì gōngqigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 气
• 急功近利jí gōng jìn lìseeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
• 武功wǔ gōngmartial art; military accomplishments; (Peking opera) martial arts feats
• 练功liàn gōngto do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art)…
• 基本功jī běn gōngbasic skills; fundamentals
• 立功lì gōngto render meritorious service…
• 大功dà gōnggreat merit; great service
• 事半功倍shì bàn gōng bèi(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
• 神功shén gōngamazing powers; miraculous skill
• 特异功能tè yì gōng néngsupernatural power; extrasensory perception
• 轻功qīng gōng(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding…
• 大功告成dà gōng gào chéngsuccessfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful
• 战功zhàn gōngoutstanding military service
• 唱功chàng gōngsinging skill
• 郑成功Zhèng Chéng gōngKoxinga (1624-1662), military leader
• 前功尽弃qián gōng jìn qìto waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the…
• 丰功伟绩fēng gōng wěi jìglorious achievement (idiom)
• 歌功颂德gē gōng sòng déto sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
• 庆功qìng gōngto celebrate a heroic deed
• 无功而返wú gōng ér fǎnto return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
• 做功zuò gōng(physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
• 同功tóng gōng(evolutionary biology) analogous

Characters built on 工

These share the phonetic component 工 (gōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 空kōngempty; air; sky
• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 攻gōngto attack; to accuse; to study
• 巩gǒng(bound form) to fix in place; to make firm and secure
• 虹hóngrainbow
• 汞gǒngmercury (chemistry)
• 讧hòngstrife; disorder; rioting

Characters that look like 功

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 幼yòuyoung
• 劝quànto advise; to urge; to try to persuade

Sounds the same

Read gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工work; worker; skill
• 公public; collectively owned; common
• 供to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 恭respectful
• 攻to attack; to accuse; to study
• 宫palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 躬(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 弓a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 红used in 女红
• 蚣used in 蜈蚣
• 肱upper arm; arm
• 觥big; cup made of horn; horn wine container