功 gōng achievement
achievement; merit
怎么记住“功”: 工 work + 力 power = achievement. After a year of hard work and with all the power in her legs, the runner crosses the line, her greatest achievement yet.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
功 = 工 work + 力 power
- 工 work meaning + sound
- 力 power meaning
After a year of hard work and with all the power in her legs, the runner crosses the line, her greatest achievement yet.
How it came to be
Power gives the meaning and work gives the sound; work also adds to the sense of an achievement.
用法
- Achievement / merit / skill: 成功 (chénggōng) success, 功能 (gōngnéng) function, 功夫 (gōngfu) skill/effort or kung fu.
- 功课 (gōngkè) schoolwork; 用功 (yònggōng) to study hard.
- 下功夫 (xià gōngfu) means to put real effort/time into something.
含“功”的词语
- 成功chénggōngsuccessHSK 4
- 功夫gōngfukung fuHSK 4
- 功课gōngkèhomeworkHSK 4
- 功能gōngnéngfunctionHSK 5
- 下功夫xiàgōngfuto put in effort; to work hard atHSK 6
- 功效gōngxiàoefficacyHSK 6
- 用功yònggōngdiligentHSK 6
- 功利gōnglìutilityHSK 7
- 功力gōnglìmeritHSK 7
- 功底gōngdǐtraining in the basic skillsHSK 7
- 基本功jīběngōngbasic skillsHSK 7
- 急功近利jígōng-jìnlìseeking instant benefit (idiom)HSK 7
- 功劳gōngláocontributionHSK 8
- 功率gōnglǜpowerHSK 8
- 功臣gōngchénmeritorious officialHSK 8
- 汗马功劳hànmǎ-gōngláowar exploitsHSK 9
- 立功lìgōngto render meritorious serviceHSK 9
例句
- 他们取得了成功。 Tāmen qǔdéle chénggōng.They were very successful.
- 我有理由相信他会成功。 Wǒ yǒu lǐyóu xiāngxìn tā huì chénggōng.I have reason to believe that he will succeed.
- 成功的标准不仅仅是财富。 Chénggōng de biāozhǔn bù jǐnjǐn shì cáifù.Wealth is not the only criterion of success.