工夫
gung1 fu1gōng fūgōng fu
English
- (old) laborer
- period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
- spare time
- skill
- labor
- effort
- work; labour; effort
粵語 — Cantonese
- 工作；付出；努力
Examples
没工夫休息的人，早晚会有工夫生病的。
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY
她昨晚已經收拾好行李，所以今天早上沒費多少工夫就準備好出門。
She was able to be ready early this morning, because she finished packing last night.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
防疫工夫要做足。
Preventive measures must be put in place.
籌備成個活動真係花咗唔少工夫。
We put a lot of effort into organising this activity.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk