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Kung Fu (Gung Fu) Films

More Cantonese film titles will be added as I learn them - if you know any please send them in!
  
Cantonese Film Titles
City Hunter
Comic book adaptation starring Jackie Chan
城市獵人 sing4 si5 lip6 jan4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee brings Chinese cinema to the West
臥虎藏龍 ngo6 fu2 cong4 lung4
Enter the Dragon
Seminal martial arts film starring Bruce Lee
龍爭虎鬥 lung4 zaang1 fu2 dau3 
Stormriders
Sfx extravaganza, adapted from a popular comic
風雲 fung1 wan4

 
Famous actors and characters in Martial Arts cinema, history and literature
Bruce Lee 李小龍 lei5 siu2 lung4
Jackie Chan 成龍 sing4 lung4
Wong Fei Hung 黃飛鴻 wong4 fei1 hung4
King of Gold Lion 金毛獅王 gam1 mou4 si1 wong4
King of White Eagle 白眉鷹王 baak6 mei4 jing1 wong4

Character Analysis

龍爭虎鬥 = "The dragon struggles, the tiger contends" (dragon + struggle + tiger + contend)
城市 = city (city + marketplace)  獵人 = hunter (hunt + person)
臥 虎 藏 龍 = crouch + tiger + conceal + dragon    風雲 = wind + cloud (the names of the two main characters)
眉 = eyebrows  毛 = hair, fur or feathers  王 = king, ruler, strongest or most powerful
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