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tai chi

(tī′ chē′, jē′) or tai chi chuan (chwän′)

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 t^haj` kɦiə̆k : t^haj`, very great, greatest + kɦiə̆k, ridge-pole, pole, extremity) + quán, boxing (from Middle Chinese kɦyan, fist).]

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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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tai chi chuan - a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health

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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"

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