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太極
taai3 gik6
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[1] Supreme Ultimate, the Absolute (in Chinese mythology the source of all things) [2] shadow boxing, taijiquan, tai chi chuan [see] 太極拳 [3]Tai Chi 太極 or 太極樂隊 a rock band in Hong Kong, founded in 1985  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 13 compounds containing this word:太極拳 - taijiquan , tai chi chuan , Chinese shadow boxing太極圖 - [n] diagram of the cosmological sceme; Yin-Yang symbol; ☯ 耍太極 - play tai ji quan; prevaricate; evade the issue 大耍太極 - to avoid giving an answer; to try to get around giving an answer to sth., try to circumvent 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) 太極劍 - taiji sword, tai chi sword 太極刀 - taiji broad sword, taiji broadsword, tai chi broadsword 太極棍 - taiji staff, tai chi staff Common Formations: 太極花園 - tai chi garden |
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