太极

tài jí

HSK 3.0 Level 7

Definitions

1. the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology

Words Containing 太极

• 太极剑 tài jí jiàn: a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
• 皇太极清太宗 huáng tài jí qīng tài zōng: Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[nǔ ěr hā chì], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[dà qīng] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
• 皇太极 huáng tài jí: Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[nǔ ěr hā chì], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[dà qīng] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
• 打太极 dǎ tài jí: to practice tai chi
• 太极拳 tài jí quán: shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan
• 太极图说 tài jí tú shuō: philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤|周敦颐[zhōu dūn yí], starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes
• 太极图 tài jí tú: diagram of cosmological scheme

Child Words of 太极

• 太 tài: highest
• 极 jí: extremely