There are 15 total results for your 工夫 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
工夫 see styles |
gōng fu gong1 fu5 kung fu koufu / kofu こうふ |
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort (dated) (sensitive word) labourer; laborer; workman Time, work, a term for meditation; also 功夫. |
工夫茶 see styles |
gōng fu chá gong1 fu5 cha2 kung fu ch`a kung fu cha |
very concentrated type of tea consumed in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan; variant of 功夫茶[gong1 fu5 cha2] |
一工夫 see styles |
hitokufuu / hitokufu ひとくふう |
(noun/participle) (1) contrivance; bit of fiddling; little ingenuity; (2) bit more (e.g. food) |
下工夫 see styles |
xià gōng fu xia4 gong1 fu5 hsia kung fu |
to put in time and energy; to concentrate one's efforts |
做工夫 see styles |
zuò gōng fu zuo4 gong1 fu5 tso kung fu |
to practice (work skills) |
抓工夫 see styles |
zhuā gōng fu zhua1 gong1 fu5 chua kung fu |
to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time; (also 抓功夫) |
費工夫 费工夫 see styles |
fèi gōng fu fei4 gong1 fu5 fei kung fu |
to spend a great deal of time and effort; (of a task) demanding; exacting |
創意工夫 see styles |
souikufuu / soikufu そういくふう |
(yoji) ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality |
工夫を凝らす see styles |
kufuuokorasu / kufuokorasu くふうをこらす |
(exp,v5s) to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan |
Variations: |
kufuu / kufu くふう |
(noun/participle) (1) scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously; (noun/participle) (2) dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation) |
Variations: |
hitokufuu / hitokufu ひとくふう |
(noun, transitive verb) a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity |
創意工夫功労者賞 see styles |
souikufuukouroushashou / soikufukoroshasho そういくふうこうろうしゃしょう |
Prize for Creativity |
創意工夫育成功労学校賞 see styles |
souikufuuikuseikourougakkoushou / soikufuikusekorogakkosho そういくふういくせいこうろうがっこうしょう |
Prize to Schools for Nurturing Creativity |
Variations: |
kufuu / kufu くふう |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out; (2) device; design; idea; plan; invention; (noun, transitive verb) (3) dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation) |
踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 see styles |
tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4 , de2 lai2 quan2 bu4 fei4 gong1 fu5 t`a p`o t`ieh hsieh wu mi ch`u , te lai ch`üan pu fei kung fu ta po tieh hsieh wu mi chu , te lai chüan pu fei kung fu |
to travel far and wide looking for something, only to find it easily |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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