下
功
夫

See 夫 in Chinese: 下功夫 (xià gōng fu)

xià gōng fu

see 夫

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1see 夫

Stroke order

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下
功
夫

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄍㄨㄥ

gōng

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

˙ㄈㄨ

fu

˙/ neutral toneㄈ/ fㄨ/ u

Example sentences

See 下功夫 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 想学好中文,就得多下功夫。

    xiǎng xué hǎo zhōng wén, jiù dé duō xià gōng fu。

    If you want to learn Chinese well, you have to put in effort.

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Related words

下

xià

down

功

gōng

meritorious deed or service

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

丈夫

zhàng fu

husband

成功

chéng gōng

success

大夫

dài fu

doctor

功夫

gōng fu

skill

功能

gōng néng

function

下载

xià zǎi

to download

楼下

lóu xià

downstairs

下班

xià bān

to finish work

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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