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tai chi chuan

tai chi chuan noun: tai chi.

Noun

tai chi chuan (plural tai chi chuans)

  1. Tai chi.
    • All contemporary practioners of Hatha yoga, Tai Chi Chuan, Shiatsu, or acupunture are familiar with this subtle body that the ancient Egyptians called the Ba.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 220

Forms of tai chi chuan

pluraltai chi chuans
alternative Hanyu-Pinyintaijiquan

Origin of tai chi chuan

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 太極拳／太极拳 (tàijíquán).

Questions about tai chi chuan

What does tai chi chuan mean?
Tai chi chuan means tai chi.
What part of speech is tai chi chuan?
Tai chi chuan is a noun.
What is the plural of tai chi chuan?
The plural of tai chi chuan is tai chi chuans.

Words near tai chi chuan in the dictionary

  1. Tahu
  2. tahua
  3. tahure
  4. tai
  5. tai chi
  6. tai chi chuan
  7. tai chi chuans
  8. tai chis
  9. Tai Dam
  10. Tai Hang
  11. Tai Hu

Source and license

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