用功 [－－]

Jyutping jung6 gung1
Pinyin yòng gōng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. diligent
  2. industrious (in one's studies)
  3. to study hard
  4. to make great effort
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    勤力​；​俾心機
    hardworking; diligent; studious
    • 佢讀書幾用功，考試成日攞滿分。
      佢读书几用功，考试成日攞满分。
      keoi5 duk6 syu1 gei2 jung6 gung1, haau2 si5 seng4 jat6 lo2 mun5 fan1
      He is diligent with his studies and often gets full marks in his exams.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to study hard
  2. adj
    diligent (in one's studies); hardworking; industrious; studious
    (syn.) 坚苦, 勤恳, 勤勞, 勤奮, 勤劳, 力落, 发狠, 骨力, 發狠, 勤懇, 巴巴結結, 勤快, 耐劳, 刻苦, 勤奋, 亹亹, 勤勉, 巴劫, 勤谨, 勤力, 巴巴结结, 急計, 耐勞, 努力, 勤謹, 堅苦, 急计
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #5041
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他后悔在校时没用功读书。
    他後悔在校時沒用功讀書。
    tā hòu huǐ zài xiào shí méi yòng gōng dú shū 。
    • He regrets not having worked harder at school.
    • He regrets not having studied hard at school.
  2. Mandarin
    她和其他人一样用功。
    她和其他人一樣用功。
    tā hé qí tā rén yī yàng yòng gōng 。
    • She works as hard as anybody does.
  3. Mandarin
    她的用功对我们所有人是一个好的榜样。
    她的用功對我們所有人是一個好的榜樣。
    tā de yòng gōng duì wǒ men suǒ yǒu rén shì yí gè hǎo de bǎng yàng 。
    • Her diligence is a good example to us all.
  4. Mandarin
    就我所知，他是个很用功的学生。
    就我所知，他是個很用功的學生。
    jiù wǒ suǒ zhī ， tā shì gè hěn yòng gōng de xué sheng 。
    • He is an industrious student to the best of my knowledge.
    • As far as I know, he's a diligent student.
  5. Mandarin
    你必须用功读书赶上同学。
    你必須用功讀書趕上同學。
    nǐ bì xū yòng gōng dú shū gǎn shàng tóng xué 。
    • You have to study hard to catch up with your class.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢攞到噉嘅成绩，可见佢平日一定好用功。
    佢攞到噉嘅成績，可見佢平日一定好用功。
    keoi5 lo2 dou2 gam2 ge3 sing4 zik1, ho2 gin3 keoi5 ping4 jat6 jat1 ding6 hou2 jung6 gung1.
    • Given such results, it's obvious that he studies hard.
  2. Cantonese
    佢读书几用功，考试成日攞满分。
    佢讀書幾用功，考試成日攞滿分。
    keoi5 duk6 syu1 gei2 jung6 gung1, haau2 si5 seng4 jat6 lo2 mun5 fan1
    • He is diligent with his studies and often gets full marks in his exams.
  3. Cantonese
    加倍用功
    加倍用功
    gaa1 pui5 jung6 gung1
    • to work doubly hard
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我自愧不如你用功，成绩不如你也是理所当然。
    我自愧不如你用功，成績不如你也是理所當然。
    wǒ zì kuì bù rú nǐ yòng gōng ， chéng jì bù rú nǐ yě shì lǐ suǒ dāng rán ．
    • I admit, regrettably, that I did not work as hard as you did. It's only proper that my grades were nowhere as good as yours.