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太極拳
taai3 gik6 kyun4
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[internal Chinese martial art] taijiquan , tai chi chuan , Chinese shadow boxing. The five major styles of Tai Chi Chuan: Chen, Yang, Sun, Wu(Ng) and Wu family-style. 陳, 楊, 孫, 吳, 武 (氏, 家 or 式)太極拳 Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:太 taai3 - highest; great-grand; excessively極 gik6 - utmost; peak; pole; extreme; extremely 拳 kyun4 - fist; various forms of boxing 5 compounds containing this word:陳氏太極拳 - Chen family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan)楊氏太極拳 - Yang family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) 孫氏太極拳 - Sun family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) 吳氏太極拳 - Wu (Ng) family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) 武氏太極拳 - Wu family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) |
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