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用功

yòng gōng

HSK 6 2-character word

What 用功 means

1. diligent
2. industrious (in one's studies)
3. to study hard
4. to make great effort

The characters in 用功

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result

Example sentences

• 我总是用功读书。
  I always study hard.
• 她一定很用功读书。
  She must have studied very hard.
• 我决定每天用功读书。
  I decided to study every day.
• 她和其他人一样用功。
  She works as hard as anybody does.
• 他的哥哥很用功读书。
  His brother studies very hard.
• 保罗这几天很用功读书。
  Paul studies very hard these days.

Sounds the same

Read yòng gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 用工to employ workers