kung fu (kÅ­ng’ fÅ«’, kÊŠng’, gÊŠng’) pronunciation

Any of various Chinese martial arts, especially those forms in which sharp blows and kicks are applied to pressure points on the body of an opponent.

[Chinese (Mandarin) gÅngfu, skill, art : gÅng, worker, work + fÅ«, man, laborer.]