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-kon₁ / ²yon₆-kon₁

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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    用功
    用工
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^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung gung^ˊ
  - 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-kon₁
  - MiniDict: yon^去 kon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhion-kon₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²² koŋ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²yon₆-kon₁
  - MiniDict: yon^去 kon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦioŋ²² koŋ³³/

Verb

用功

to study hard

Adjective

用功

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

Synonyms

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下力 (xiàlì) (Muping Mandarin)
亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
刻苦 (kèkǔ)
力落 (lag⁸ loh⁸) (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)