tai chi

• taichi
• tai-chi
• taiji

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

• enPR: tīchē, IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪˈtʃiː/

tai chi (usually uncountable, plural tai chis)

1. (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, archived from the original on 05 April 2016‎:

     Participants perform Tai Chi at a square in Jiefang District during a worldwide Tai Chi activity on October 18, 2015, in Jiaozuo, Henan Province.

• (martial arts): tai chi chuan, taijiquan

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

1. (informal) To practise tai chi.
2. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang, figurative) To push a task or responsibility to someone else.

• “tai chi”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “tai chi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “tai chi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “tai chi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

• hiatic