功 (gōng) means Contribution (achievement). Below are 24 of the 44 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这次实验很成 功 。
Zhè cì shíyàn hěn chénggōng.
This experiment was very successful.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 成功
他从小就学 功 夫。
Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xué gōngfu.
He has studied kung fu since he was small.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 功夫
失败是成 功 之母。
Shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ.
Failure is the mother of success.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 失败
成 功 往往在细节。
Chénggōng wǎngwǎng zài xìjié.
Success often lies in the details.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 细节
成 功 有很多因素。
Chénggōng yǒu hěn duō yīnsù.
Many factors go into success.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 因素
学好汉语要下 功 夫。
Xué hǎo Hànyǔ yào xià gōngfu.
Learning Chinese well takes real effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 功夫
他们的演出很成 功 。
Tāmen de yǎnchū hěn chénggōng.
Their performance was a success.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 演出
这种成 功 很难复制。
Zhè zhǒng chénggōng hěn nán fùzhì.
This kind of success is hard to reproduce.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 复制
成 功 要靠自己努力。
Chénggōng yào kào zìjǐ nǔlì.
Success depends on your own effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 靠
勤奋是成 功 的基础。
Qínfèn shì chénggōng de jīchǔ.
Diligence is the foundation of success.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 勤奋
考试前他天天用 功 。
Kǎoshì qián tā tiāntiān yòng gōng.
He worked hard every day before the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 用功
成 功 不能只靠运气。
Chénggōng bù néng zhǐ kào yùnqi.
Success cannot rely on luck alone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 运气
他的基本 功 很扎实。
Tā de jīběngōng hěn zhāshi.
His grounding is very solid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扎实
成 功 需要努力和耐心。
Chénggōng xūyào nǔlì hé nàixīn.
Success takes effort and patience.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 成功
自信的人更容易成 功 。
Zìxìn de rén gèng róngyì chénggōng.
Confident people find success more easily.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 自信
这个手机的 功 能很多。
Zhège shǒujī de gōngnéng hěn duō.
This phone has many features.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 功能
乐观的人更容易成 功 。
Lèguān de rén gèng róngyì chénggōng.
Optimistic people find success more easily.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 乐观
他试了无数次才成 功 。
Tā shì le wúshù cì cái chénggōng.
He tried countless times before succeeding.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 无数
他从不提自己的 功 劳。
Tā cóng bù tí zìjǐ de gōngláo.
He never mentions his own contribution.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 功劳
这种药的 功 效很明显。
Zhè zhǒng yào de gōngxiào hěn míngxiǎn.
The effect of this medicine is very clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 功效
做学问不能急 功 近利。
Zuò xuéwen bù néng jígōngjìnlì.
Scholarship cannot be pursued with an eye on quick gains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 急功近利
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From the travel phrasebook
这个 功 能不能用。
Zhège gōngnéng bù néng yòng.
This function doesn't work.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
功 appears in 44 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 功
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 功
How is 功 used in a sentence?
This page shows 44 sentences using 功 (gōng, "Contribution (achievement)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 功 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 功 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 功?
The dictionary page for 功 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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