打太極

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	taiji
trad. (打太極)		打	太極
simp. (打太极)		打	太极

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ tàijí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² taai³ gik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ tàijí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ tàijí
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ tʻai⁴-chi²
    • Yale: dǎ tài-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa tayjyi
    • Palladius: да тайцзи (da tajczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² taai³ gik⁶
    • Yale: dá taai gihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² taai³ gik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² tai³ gig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ kɪk̚²/

Phrase

打太極

1. Synonym of 打太極拳／打太极拳 (dǎ tàijíquán, “to practise tai chi”)
2. (figuratively) to shirk responsibility and pass the buck

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 耍太極／耍太极