Wu-kung

A form of Wugong — A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

OriginMandarin 武功 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Wugong.

    T'ai-po Shan, south of Wu-kung county, 200 li from Ch'ang-an, was a permanently snowcapped mountain.

    1975, Wu-chi Liu, Irving Yucheng Lo, editors, Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177

Origin

  1. Mandarin武功
  2. EnglishWu-kung

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

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APA

Wu-kung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wu-kung

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“Wu-kung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wu-kung. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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