tai chin.

/tʌɪ ˈtʃiː/

Forms: Also Tai Chi, t'ai chi, etc.

Etymology: < Chinese tàiji, < tài extreme + jí limit.

1. In Taoism and Neo-Confucianism, the Supreme Ultimate (see quot. 1955). Also, the symbol which represents this.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Chinese

tian1613

tai chi1736

kitchen god1811

Kuan Yina1832

shen1847

1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China III. 54 They give the first Principle of all things the Name of Tai ki.

a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 568/2 T'haï-kĭ (the Great Summit) the soul of the universe, when in motion..produced Yang, the living principle; when at rest, Yn, the dead principle, the one perfect and male, the other imperfect and female; from the union of which the elements sprang.

1914 D. T. Suzuki Brief Hist. Early Chinese Philos. 161 The term, T'ai Chi, first appears in one of the Confucian Appendices to the ‘Yi Ching’. ‘In the system of the Yi there is the Great Ultimate (or source or limit, t'ai chi).’

1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 63 (caption) The centre circle or Tae-keih (Great All) contains Yin (female) and Yang (male).

1955 E. Herbert Taoist Notebk. 3 T'ai Chi was presented as the starting-point, which was also the finishing-point, of a cosmic process: a cyclic process of constant change, in the course of which were produced in turn the linked principles of Yang and Yin..the Wu Hsing or Five Elements..and all forms and existences in the material world.

1960 C. Winick Dict. Anthropol. 523/1 T'ai chi, in Chinese art, the symbol of the Great Absolute. It consists of a wavy or double curved line bisecting a circle, one half of which is red..and the other black.

1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) 338 Tao is the Absolute that contains the total life force, or T'ai Chi.

2. In full t'ai chi ch'uan [Chinese quán fist] , a Chinese martial art, believed to have been devised by a Taoist priest in the Sung dynasty (960–1279), promoting meditative as well as physical proficiency.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > martial arts > [noun] > others

aikido1954

aikijutsu1955

arnis1961

tai chi1962

hapkido1963

sambo1964

Shaolin1964

1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) ii. 24 Servants don't spend their idle time playing mah-jongg now but sit by the bell boards studying English or Russian, or other textbooks, getting ready for after-hours classes; or they do t'ai chi ch'uan calisthenics.

1968 Times 22 Nov. 9 Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain it is called, this being the name of one exercise in T'ai-chi, a Chinese system of callisthenics claimed to produce pliability, health and peace of mind.

1972 Da Liu T'ai Chi Ch'uan & I Ching p. v The movements of T'ai Chi Ch'uan and the hexagrams upon which they are based are both methods of describing the circulation of psychic energy in the body of the meditator.

1979 P. Driscoll Pangolin i. xx. 147 Kids were doing Tai Chi exercises and playing soccer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tai chi
释义	tai chin. /tʌɪ ˈtʃiː/ Forms: Also Tai Chi, t'ai chi, etc. Etymology: < Chinese tàiji, < tài extreme + jí limit. 1. In Taoism and Neo-Confucianism, the Supreme Ultimate (see quot. 1955). Also, the symbol which represents this. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Chinese tian1613 tai chi1736 kitchen god1811 Kuan Yina1832 shen1847 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China III. 54 They give the first Principle of all things the Name of Tai ki. a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 568/2 T'haï-kĭ (the Great Summit) the soul of the universe, when in motion..produced Yang, the living principle; when at rest, Yn, the dead principle, the one perfect and male, the other imperfect and female; from the union of which the elements sprang. 1914 D. T. Suzuki Brief Hist. Early Chinese Philos. 161 The term, T'ai Chi, first appears in one of the Confucian Appendices to the ‘Yi Ching’. ‘In the system of the Yi there is the Great Ultimate (or source or limit, t'ai chi).’ 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 63 (caption) The centre circle or Tae-keih (Great All) contains Yin (female) and Yang (male). 1955 E. Herbert Taoist Notebk. 3 T'ai Chi was presented as the starting-point, which was also the finishing-point, of a cosmic process: a cyclic process of constant change, in the course of which were produced in turn the linked principles of Yang and Yin..the Wu Hsing or Five Elements..and all forms and existences in the material world. 1960 C. Winick Dict. Anthropol. 523/1 T'ai chi, in Chinese art, the symbol of the Great Absolute. It consists of a wavy or double curved line bisecting a circle, one half of which is red..and the other black. 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) 338 Tao is the Absolute that contains the total life force, or T'ai Chi. 2. In full t'ai chi ch'uan [Chinese quán fist] , a Chinese martial art, believed to have been devised by a Taoist priest in the Sung dynasty (960–1279), promoting meditative as well as physical proficiency. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > martial arts > [noun] > others aikido1954 aikijutsu1955 arnis1961 tai chi1962 hapkido1963 sambo1964 Shaolin1964 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) ii. 24 Servants don't spend their idle time playing mah-jongg now but sit by the bell boards studying English or Russian, or other textbooks, getting ready for after-hours classes; or they do t'ai chi ch'uan calisthenics. 1968 Times 22 Nov. 9 Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain it is called, this being the name of one exercise in T'ai-chi, a Chinese system of callisthenics claimed to produce pliability, health and peace of mind. 1972 Da Liu T'ai Chi Ch'uan & I Ching p. v The movements of T'ai Chi Ch'uan and the hexagrams upon which they are based are both methods of describing the circulation of psychic energy in the body of the meditator. 1979 P. Driscoll Pangolin i. xx. 147 Kids were doing Tai Chi exercises and playing soccer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1736
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