工夫
HSK 3 (2021)
工夫 (gōngfu) · time
工夫 (gōngfu) means “time; spare time; effort”. It is written with 2 characters: 工 (labor) + 夫 (man). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 工夫 is built
The characters
工 gōng · labor
What 工 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A spade or other workman's tool (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
夫 fū · man
What 夫 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: A man 大 wearing a coming-of-age hairpin 一 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他一会儿工夫就做完了。Tā yīhuìr gōngfu jiù zuò wán le.He finished it in no time.
你有工夫帮我吗？Nǐ yǒu gōngfu bāng wǒ ma?Do you have time to help me?
Questions about 工夫
What does 工夫 mean?
工夫 (gōngfu) means “time; spare time; effort”.
How do you pronounce 工夫?
工夫 is pronounced gōngfu.
Which HSK level is 工夫?
工夫 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 工人gōngrénworker
- 工作gōngzuòwork
- 打工dǎgōngto work part-time
- 工厂gōngchǎngfactory
- 工程师gōngchéngshīengineer
- 工具gōngjùtool
- 工业gōngyèindustry
- 工资gōngzīpay
- 加工jiāgōngto process
- 人工réngōngartificial
Learn 工夫 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 45: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.