t'ai chi ch'uan

t'ai chi ch'uan
noun

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/tuy" jee" chwahn", chee"/
a Chinese martial art and form of stylized, meditative exercise, characterized by methodically slow circular and stretching movements and positions of bodily balance.
Also, tai chi chuan; Pinyin, tai ji quan /tuy" jee" chyuuahn"/. Also called t'ai chi, tai chi, tai ji.
[1960-65; < Chin tàijí quán lit., fist of the Great Absolute]

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['tī ˌchē 'chwän; ˌjē]
(also t'ai chi ['tī 'chē]) n.
1) a Chinese martial art and system of calisthenics, consisting of sequences of very slow controlled movements
2) (in Chinese philosophy) the ultimate source and limit of reality, from which spring yin and yang and all of creation
Origin:
Chinese, literally ‘great ultimate boxing’, from tái ‘extreme’ + ji ‘limit’ + quán ‘fist, boxing’

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t'ai chi ch'uan f30 [ˌtaɪ tʃiː ˈtʃwɑːn] [ˌtaɪ tʃiː ˈtʃwɑːn] (also ˌt'ai ˈchi) noun uncountable (from Chinese)
a Chinese system of exercises consisting of sets of very slow controlled movements
 
Word Origin:
[t'ai chi ch'uan] Chinese, literally great ultimate boxing, from tái ‘extreme’ + ji ‘limit’ + quán ‘fist, boxing’.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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