粵

武mou5術seot6

simp武术
mou5 seot6wǔ shù

English

  1. military skill or technique (in former times)
  2. martial arts
  3. all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development)
  4. self-defense
  5. tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage)
  6. also called kungfu 功夫

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用拳腳或者各種武器嚟搏鬥嘅技術,現代演變成運動同表演

Examples

  • 武術比賽

    martial arts competition

  • 一個訓練咗幾十年嘅強人,只需要一刻嘅粗心,就可以畀一個較弱嘅人打敗。 呢個就係武術世界。

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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