真功夫

zhēngōngfu

popculture

Meanings

1 Kungfu (Chinese fast-food chain)
2 Real Kungfu, a steamed-meal quick-service chain

Characters

skill; kung (of kung fu)

(neutral-tone suffix in 功夫)

Examples

中午去真功夫吃份蒸饭吧。

Zhōngwǔ qù Zhēngōngfu chī fèn zhēngfàn ba.

Let's grab a steamed-rice meal at Zhen Gongfu for lunch.

真功夫是中国本土的快餐连锁。

Zhēngōngfu shì Zhōngguó běntǔ de kuàicān liánsuǒ.

Real Kungfu is a home-grown Chinese fast-food chain.

Tips

culture

Founded in Dongguan, Guangdong in 1990 and restyled as 真功夫 in 2004. Signature: steamed (not fried) rice meals, meant as a 'healthy Chinese KFC'. The chain's logo used a Bruce-Lee-style fighter, which triggered a long-running IP dispute with the Lee family estate finally settled in the 2020s.

Stroke Order

真 zhēn

功 gōng

夫 fū