HSK 5 · Sport

太极拳 tàijíquán “tai chi (taijiquan)” in Chinese

Traditional 太極拳

What 太极拳 means

  1. tai chi (taijiquan)
  2. shadowboxing or Taiji, T’aichi or T’aichichuan
  3. traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation
  4. a martial art

How to say 太极拳

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale太tài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale极jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale拳quán2nd tone, rising

太极拳 in a sentence

  1. 他认为太极拳改善了他的生活。

    Tā rènwéi tàijíquán gǎishàn le tā de shēnghuó.

    He believes tai chi has improved his life.

    Sentence #814146 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 太极拳 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 太 (tài) with each of its parts in a different colour
太tàihighest
  • 大big · dà
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

Memory aidBig 大 with one more dot: even bigger, too much.

The character 极 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
极jíextremely
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 及to extend · jíSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 及 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

The character 拳 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
拳quánfist
  • 龹part of the characterSound part
  • 手hand · shǒuMeaning part

How to write 太极拳

太 4 strokes · 极 7 strokes · 拳 10 strokes

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太极拳 (tàijíquán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 太极拳 (tàijíquán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 太极拳

Words with 太

太tài · too太阳tàiyáng · the sun太太tàitai · wife太空tàikōng · outer space

Words with 极

极jí · an extreme积极jījí · active消极xiāojí · negative极其jíqí · extremely北极běijí · the North Pole极端jíduān · extreme极限jíxiàn · limit

Words with 拳

拳头quántou · fist

More words: Sport & Leisure

决赛juésài · finals (of a competition)球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)射击shèjī · to shoot胜利shènglì · victory武术wǔshù · martial arts夏令营xiàlìngyíng · summer camp象棋xiàngqí · Chinese chess业余yèyú · spare-time

FAQs

太极拳 (tàijíquán) means “tai chi (taijiquan)” or “shadowboxing or Taiji, T’aichi or T’aichichuan”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tàijíquán: tài with a 4th tone, then jí with a 2nd tone, then quán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 太极拳 is written 太極拳. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type taijiquan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 太极拳 from the suggestions. Typing taijiquan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
太极拳 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.