工夫 gōng fu

effort; period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 9712th word

Definitions

  1. 1. effort
  2. 2. period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
  3. 3. skill
  4. 4. spare time
  5. 5. labor

See also: gōng fū

Characters

Character Meaning
工 gōng HSK 1
work; labor; worker
夫 fu HSK 2
husband; man; manual worker