Etymology

Wu-kung

Mandarin 武功
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from武功
  2. English todayWu-kung

From Mandarin 武功 (wǔgōng), Wade–Giles romanization: Wu³-kung¹.

Words from the same roots

Mandarin武功 all →

Wugong

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.