tai chi
/ˌtaɪˈtʃiː/
tai chi noun: a soft form of martial art developed in China.
Noun
tai chi (usually uncountable, plural tai chis)
- A soft form of martial art developed in China.
- Participants perform Tai Chi at a square in Jiefang District during a worldwide Tai Chi activity on October 18, 2015, in Jiaozuo, Henan Province.2016 March 31, Alan Taylor, “More of the Chinese Art of the Crowd”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2016
- Synonyms:
- tai chi chuan, taijiquan
Verb
tai chi (third-person singular simple present tai chis, present participle tai chiing or tai chi-ing, simple past and past participle tai chied)
- To practise tai chi.
- To push a task or responsibility to someone else.
- From this poll, one respondent mentioned that an essential workplace skill is the ability to “taiji” (the art of passing one’s responsibilities to someone else), while another mentioned “how to bootlick your boss”.2019 April 23, Grace Yeoh, “Many People Say They Miss School, But the Best Part of Work is Being Able to Learn Whatever We Want”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024
tai chi meaning in Malay, Thai and Vietnamese
tai chi in Malay
- form of martial art
- taici
tai chi in Thai
- form of martial art
- ไทเก็ก tai-gèk
tai chi in Vietnamese
- form of martial art
- thái cực
Synonyms of tai chi
Forms of tai chi
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tai chis |
| alternative form | taichi |
| alternative form | tai-chi |
| alternative form | taiji |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tai chis |
| present participle | tai chiing |
| present participle | tai chi-ing |
| past participle | tai chied |
| past | tai chied |
Origin of tai chi
Borrowed from Mandarin 太極 /太极 (tàijí), Wade–Giles romanization: tʻai⁴-chi². Doublet of taegeuk.
Words that rhyme with tai chi
Questions about tai chi
- What does tai chi mean?
- Tai chi means a soft form of martial art developed in China.
- What is tai chi in Malay?
- Tai chi in Malay is taici. See Tai chi meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is tai chi?
- Tai chi can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tai chi?
- Tai chi is pronounced /ˌtaɪˈtʃiː/.
- What is the plural of tai chi?
- The plural of tai chi is tai chis.
Words near tai chi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tai chi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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