HSK 6 · Work

功劳 gōngláo “credit” in Chinese

Traditional 功勞

What 功劳 means

  1. credit
  2. contribution
  3. merit
  4. meritorious service

How to say 功劳

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale功gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale劳láo2nd tone, rising

功劳 in a sentence

  1. 这次成功有大家的功劳。

    Zhè cì chénggōng yǒu dàjiā de gōngláo.

    Everyone deserves credit for this success.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他从来不说自己有什么功劳。

    Tā cónglái bù shuō zìjǐ yǒu shénme gōngláo.

    He never takes credit for anything.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 功劳 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 功 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
功gōngmeritorious deed or service
  • 工work · gōng
  • 力strength · lì
The character 劳 (láo) with each of its parts in a different colour
劳láoto toil; labour
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 力strength · lì

How to write 功劳

功 5 strokes · 劳 7 strokes

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功劳 (gōngláo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 功劳 (gōngláo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 功劳

Words with 功

成功chénggōng · success功夫gōngfu · time and effort用功yònggōng · hard-working (at study)功能gōngnéng · function气功qìgōng · qigong (breathing exercises)功效gōngxiào · effect急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit

Words with 劳

疲劳píláo · tired劳动láodòng · work劳驾láojià · excuse me勤劳qínláo · hardworking操劳cāoláo · to work hard

More words: Work & Career

附属fùshǔ · affiliated盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)岗位gǎngwèi · post公关gōngguān · public relations公务gōngwù · official business骨干gǔgàn · backbone规划guīhuà · plan顾问gùwèn · adviser

FAQs

功劳 (gōngláo) means “credit” or “contribution”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngláo: gōng with a 1st tone, then láo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 功劳 is written 功勞. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gonglao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 功劳 from the suggestions. Typing gonglao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
功劳 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.