qigong en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /tʃiːˈɡɒŋ/ (UK)
- /tʃiːˈkʊŋ/ (UK)
- /tʃiˈɡʊŋ/ (General-American)
- chē′go͝ong′
- /tʃiˈɡɔŋ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 /气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”).
Meanings
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(qualifier:fitness, uncountable, usually) A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
My patients laud qigong as a stressbuster and cure for pesky chronic symptoms that baffle doctors.
2004, Judith Orloff, Positive Energy, page 112:Some people may suddenly speak a language and speak it quite fluently. However, it is not a language of human society. What can it be called? It can be called "cosmic language" (宇宙語). Actually it is nothing but a language of subtle beings in a space only a little bit higher than ours. Now quite a few of qigong practitioners in China have had such an experience. Some can even speak several such languages.
1998 May, Li HongZhi, CHINA FALUN GONG (REVISED EDITION) (English Version), Hong Kong: Falun Fo Fa Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| qi gong | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chi kung | alternative | lexicographic | |
| qigongs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (28)
de Qigong (system of breathing control) · es qigong (system of breathing control) · el τσι κονγκ (system of breathing control) · fr chi kung (system of breathing control) · de Chigong (system of breathing control) · vi khí công (system of breathing control) · eo ĉigongo (system of breathing control) · pt qi-gong (system of breathing control) · ca txi-kung (system of breathing control) · kmr çîgong (system of breathing control) · el τσι γκονγκ (system of breathing control) · el τσι γκουνγκ (system of breathing control) · el τσι κουνγκ (system of breathing control) · de Tschigong (system of breathing control) · pt qigong (system of breathing control) · ru цигу́н (system of breathing control) · ja 気功 (system of breathing control) · th ชี่กง (system of breathing control) · nan-hbl 氣功 /气功 (system of breathing control) · cs čchi-kung (system of breathing control) · ko 기공 (system of breathing control) · el τσιγκόνγκ (system of breathing control) · pl qigong (system of breathing control) · fr qigong (system of breathing control) · cmn 氣功 /气功 (system of breathing control) · es chi kung (system of breathing control) · fr chi gong (system of breathing control) · fr qi gong (system of breathing control)