氣功

See also: 気功 and 气功

Chinese

Etymology

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		gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
trad. (氣功)		氣	功
simp. (气功)		气	功

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qìgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чигун (čigun, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hi-kûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khì-kong / khì-kang
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi-kon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìgong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: chì-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihgong
    • Palladius: цигун (cigun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чигун (čigun, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ kuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ gung¹
    • Yale: hei gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi gung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-kong
    • Tâi-lô: khì-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'kofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-kang
    • Tâi-lô: khì-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'kafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi-kon
    • MiniDict: chi^去 kon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ koŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

氣功

1. (alternative medicine) qigong

Derived terms

• 氣功療法 / 气功疗法 (qìgōng liáofǎ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (氣功):

• → Japanese: 気(き)功(こう) (kikō)
• → Korean: 기공(氣功) (gigong)
• → Vietnamese: khí công (氣功)

Others

• → English: qigong (via Mandarin)
• → Thai: ชี่กง (via Mandarin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
氣	功
き Jinmeiyō	こう Grade: 4
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 氣功 – see the following entry.

【気功きこう】 [noun] qigong (system of breathing control)

(This term, 氣功, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
氣	功

Noun

氣功 • (gigong) (hangeul 기공)

1. hanja form^? of 기공 (“qigong”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
氣	功

Noun

氣功

1. chữ Hán form of khí công (“qigong”).