tai chi

See also: taichi, Taichi, tai-chi, and tāi-chì

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Etymology

From Mandarin 太極／太极 (tàijí), Wade–Giles romanization: tʻai⁴-chi². Doublet of taegeuk.

Pronunciation

enPR: tīchē, IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪˈtʃiː/

Noun

tai chi (usually uncountable, plural tai chis)

(martial arts) A soft form of martial art developed in China.
- 2016 March 31, Alan Taylor, “More of the Chinese Art of the Crowd”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 05 April 2016‎^[2]:
  Participants perform Tai Chi at a square in Jiefang District during a worldwide Tai Chi activity on October 18, 2015, in Jiaozuo, Henan Province.

Synonyms

(martial arts): tai chi chuan, taijiquan

Translations

form of martial art

Chinese:
Cantonese: 太極 / 太极 (taai³ gik⁶), 太極拳 / 太极拳 (taai³ gik⁶ kyun⁴)

Hokkien: 太極 / 太极 (zh-min-nan) (thài-ke̍k), 太極拳 / 太极拳 (zh-min-nan) (thài-ke̍k-kûn)

Mandarin: 太極 / 太极 (zh) (tàijí), 太極拳 / 太极拳 (zh) (tàijíquán)
Czech: tchaj-ťi n, tai-či n
Esperanto: tajĝio
Finnish: taiji
French: tai chi (fr)
Japanese: 太極 (ja) (たいきょく, taikyoku), 太極拳 (ja) (たいきょくけん, taikyokuken)
Korean: 태극(太極) (ko) (taegeuk), 태극권(太極拳) (ko) (taegeukgwon)
Malay: taici
Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠢ
ᠵᠢᠢ (tai ǰii)
Occitan: taichí m
Portuguese: tai chi m, taiji m
Russian: (indeclinable) тайцзи́ (ru) m (tajczí), тайцзицюа́нь (ru) m (tajczicjuánʹ)
Spanish: taichí (es) m, taichi m
Swedish: taiji (sv) c
Thai: ไทเก็ก (tai-gèk)
Uyghur: تەيجى (teyji)
Vietnamese: thái cực (vi)

Verb

tai chi (third-person singular simple present tai chis, present participle tai chiing or tai chi-ing, simple past and past participle tai chied)

(informal) To practise tai chi.
(Malaysia, Singapore, slang, figurative) To push a task or responsibility to someone else.
- 2019 April 23, Grace Yeoh, “Many People Say They Miss School, But the Best Part of Work is Being Able to Learn Whatever We Want”, in ricemedia.co‎^[3], archived from the original on 5 October 2024:
  From this poll, one respondent mentioned that an essential workplace skill is the ability to “taiji” (the art of passing one’s responsibilities to someone else), while another mentioned “how to bootlick your boss”.

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