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taijiquan

Syllables: tai·ji·quan

taijiquan noun: tai chi.

Noun

taijiquan (uncountable)

  1. Tai chi.
    • Chinese martial arts have existed for well over 3,000 years. Wrestling and swordsmanship both have a long history, as do Chinese Internal Alchemy and breathing methods. These disparate elements, married by Yin Yang theory, became what we now call Tai Chi Chuan.[2009, Dan Docherty, Tai Chi Chuan: Decoding the Classics for the Modern Martial Artist, Crowood Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11

Forms of taijiquan

alternative formtai chi chuan

Origin of taijiquan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 太極拳／太极拳 (tàijíquán).

Questions about taijiquan

What does taijiquan mean?
Taijiquan means tai chi.
What part of speech is taijiquan?
Taijiquan is a noun.

Words near taijiquan in the dictionary

  1. Taihu
  2. Taihu Lake
  3. Taijhong
  4. taiji
  5. taijin kyofusho
  6. taijiquan
  7. taijitu
  8. taijutsu
  9. taikan game
  10. Taikang
  11. taikanite

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