用 功

yònggōng

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Diligent” in Chinese is 用功 (yònggōng).

Meaning

diligent
industrious (in one's studies)
to study hard

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to make great effort

Example

她和其他人一樣用功。

She works as hard as anybody does.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yòngHSK 15 strokesto use; to make use of; to employ gōngHSK 35 strokesmeritorious deed or service

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