下工夫

下工夫

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	time and effort taken to perform a task; work
simp. and trad. (下工夫)		下	工夫
variant forms		下功夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàgōngfu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ gung¹ fu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hē-kang-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàgōngfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahgong.fu
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ gung¹ fu¹
    • Yale: hah gūng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ gung¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ gung¹ fu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /haː²² kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-kang-hu
    • Tâi-lô: hē-kang-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexkanghw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹⁻²² kaŋ³³ hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/

Verb

下工夫

1. to put in time and energy