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The Chinese word Taiji - 太极 - Tàijí
(tai chi in Chinese)



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Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)

Tàijí

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English translation

tai chi

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Chinese characters  ( Taiji / Tàijí ) with pronunciation (English translation: tai chi )

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太极 ( Taiji / Tàijí ) is composed of these characters: 太 (tai) , 极 (ji)
太极 ( Taiji / Tàijí ) in traditional characters
太極
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 太极 ( Taiji / Tàijí ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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Hen duo laoren zaoshang zai gongyuan li da taiji.
Hěn duō lǎorén zǎoshang zài gōngyuán lǐ dǎ tàijí.
 – English translation: Many elderly people do tai chi in the park in the morning.

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(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

too extreme'
 
Chinese words containing the word 太极 ( Taiji / Tàijí ) :
Tàijíjiàn ( 太极剑 : Tai Ji Jian ), Tàijíquán ( 太极拳 : a kind of traditional Chinese shadowboxing )

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