tai chi chuan
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tai chi
(tī′ chē′, jē′) or tai chi chuan (chwän′)n.
A Chinese martial art whose system of physical exercises is often practiced as a way of meditating or improving well-being.
[From Mandarin tài jí quán (formerly romanized t'ai chi ch'üan) : tài jí, great ultimate (a concept in Chinese cosmology) (from Middle Chinese thaj` kɦiə̆k : thaj`, very great, greatest + kɦiə̆k, ridge-pole, pole, extremity) + quán, boxing (from Middle Chinese kɦyan, fist).]
t'ai chi ch'uan
or tai chi chuan
(ˈtaɪ ˈdʒi ˈtʃwɑn, ˈtʃi)n.
a Chinese system of meditative exercises, characterized by methodically slow circular and stretching movements.
Also called t'ai′ chi′, tai′ chi′.[1960–65; < Chinese tàijí quán literally, fist of the Great Absolute]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() martial art - any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport; "he had a black belt in the martial arts" |