用功

Chinese

		to use	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
simp. and trad. (用功)		用	功
anagram		功用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yònggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ gung¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yung-kûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ēng-kang / iōng-kong
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶yon-kon / ⁶yon₂-kon₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yònggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yònggong
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: yùng-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqgong
    • Palladius: юнгун (jungun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ gung¹
    • Yale: yuhng gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung gung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung gung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng-kang
    • Tâi-lô: īng-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exngkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /eŋ²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-kong
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngkofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yon-kon
    • MiniDict: yon^去 kon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhion-kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²² koŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yon₂-kon₁
    • MiniDict: yon^平 kon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦioŋ²³ koŋ¹¹/

Verb

用功

1. to study hard

Adjective

用功

1. diligent (in one's studies); hardworking; industrious; studious

Synonyms

• 亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
• 刻苦 (kèkǔ)
• 力落 (Teochew)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勤力 (qínlì) (literary or Cantonese)
• 勤勉 (qínmiǎn)
• 勤勞／勤劳 (qínláo)
• 勤奮／勤奋 (qínfèn)
• 勤快 (qínkuài) (informal)
• 勤懇／勤恳 (qínkěn) (diligent and conscientious)
• 勤謹／勤谨 (Dungan)
• 堅苦／坚苦 (jiānkǔ) (hardworking and persevering)
• 巴劫 (bājié) (literary)
• 巴巴結結／巴巴结结 (bāba-jiējiē) (regional)
• 急計／急计 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 發狠／发狠 (fa³ hen⁶) (Xiang)
• 耐勞／耐劳 (nàiláo)
• 骨力 (Hokkien, Puxian Min)