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太極拳 is the famous Taoist meditation and martial art exercise. The direct translation of these characters would be something like “grand ultimate fist,” but that does not quite hit the mark for what this title really means.
An early-morning walk through any city in China near a park or an open area will yield a view of Chinese people practicing this ancient technique.
A typical scene is an old man of no less than 80 years on this earth, with a wispy white beard and perhaps a sword in one hand. He makes slow moves that are impossibly smooth. He is steady-footed and always in balance. For him, time is meaningless and proper form, and technique is far more important than speed.
For the younger generation, faster moves may look impressive and seem smooth to the casual observer. But more discipline and mental strength are needed to create perfectly smooth moves in virtual slow motion.
Note: There are two ways to Romanize these Chinese characters, as seen in the title above. The pronunciation and actual characters are the same in Chinese. If you really used English sounds/words to pronounce this, it would be something like “tie jee chew-on” (make the “chew-on” one flowing syllable).
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your beard search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
耏 see styles |
ér er2 erh |
beard |
芒 see styles |
máng mang2 mang nogi のぎ |
awn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade); Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass); variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan arista; awn; (grain) beard |
蓄 see styles |
xù xu4 hsü izawa いざわ |
to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas) (personal name) Izawa to store up |
髭 see styles |
zī zi1 tzu hige ひげ |
mustache (1) (kana only) moustache; beard; whiskers; (2) extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal; (surname) Hige |
髯 see styles |
rán ran2 jan hige ひげ |
beard; whiskers (1) (kana only) moustache; beard; whiskers; (2) extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal |
鬍 胡 see styles |
hú hu2 hu |
beard; mustache; whiskers See: 胡 |
鬚 须 see styles |
xū xu1 hsü hige ひげ |
beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel (1) (kana only) moustache; beard; whiskers; (2) extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal beard |
僧儀 僧仪 see styles |
sēng yí seng1 yi2 seng i sōgi |
The monastic custom, i.e. shaving head and beard, wearing the robe, etc. |
拉碴 see styles |
lā chā la1 cha1 la ch`a la cha |
(of beard etc) stubbly; scraggly; unkempt |
松蘿 see styles |
shoura; saruogase(gikun) / shora; saruogase(gikun) しょうら; さるおがせ(gikun) |
(1) (See サルオガセ) old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea); (2) (しょうら only) (archaism) pine tree vines; deep entanglement |
白髭 see styles |
shirahige しらひげ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) grey moustache; (2) white beard; (place-name, surname) Shirahige |
白髯 see styles |
hakuzen はくぜん |
(See 白髭・2) white beard |
白鬚 see styles |
shirahige しらひげ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) grey moustache; (2) white beard; (place-name, surname) Shirahige |
老生 see styles |
lǎo shēng lao3 sheng1 lao sheng rousei / rose ろうせい |
venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) (1) elderly person; (pronoun) (2) (humble language) (masculine speech) (only used by elderly) I; me |
芒種 芒种 see styles |
máng zhòng mang2 zhong4 mang chung boushu / boshu ぼうしゅ |
Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June (See 二十四節気) "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) |
蓄鬚 see styles |
xù xū xu4 xu1 hsü hsü |
to grow a beard |
虎髭 see styles |
torahige とらひげ |
bristly beard or mustache |
虎鬚 see styles |
torahige とらひげ |
bristly beard or mustache |
赤髭 see styles |
akahige あかひげ |
(1) (kana only) red beard; person with a red beard; (2) (derogatory term) Westerner; (3) (kana only) Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori); (surname) Akahige |
赤鬚 see styles |
akahige あかひげ |
(1) (kana only) red beard; person with a red beard; (2) (derogatory term) Westerner; (3) (kana only) Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori) |
長出 长出 see styles |
zhǎng chū zhang3 chu1 chang ch`u chang chu nagade ながで |
to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) (surname) Nagade |
須髯 see styles |
shuzen しゅぜん |
beard |
顎髭 see styles |
agohige あごひげ |
(kana only) beard (esp. on the chin); goatee |
顎鬚 see styles |
agohige あごひげ |
(kana only) beard (esp. on the chin); goatee |
髯口 see styles |
rán kou ran2 kou5 jan k`ou jan kou |
artificial beard worn by Chinese opera actors |
髯鬚 髯须 see styles |
rán xū ran2 xu1 jan hsü |
beard; whiskers |
鬍子 胡子 see styles |
hú zi hu2 zi5 hu tzu |
beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit See: 胡子 |
鬍碴 胡碴 see styles |
hú chā hu2 cha1 hu ch`a hu cha |
beard stubble; Taiwan pr. [hu2 cha2] |
鬍茬 胡茬 see styles |
hú chá hu2 cha2 hu ch`a hu cha |
beard stubble |
鬍髭 胡髭 see styles |
hú zī hu2 zi1 hu tzu |
beard and mustache |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Tai Chi Chuan Tai Ji Quan | 太極拳 太极拳 | tai kyoku ken taikyokuken | tài jí quán tai4 ji2 quan2 tai ji quan taijiquan | t`ai chi ch`üan taichichüan tai chi chüan |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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