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taijiquan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• tīʹjēʹchüǎnʹ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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:

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