"bagua" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 八卦 (bāguà). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|cmn|八卦}} Borrowed from Mandarin 八卦 (bāguà) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} bagua pl (plural only)
  1. The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology. Wikipedia link: bagua Tags: plural, plural-only Coordinate_terms: (alt: 乾 / 干 (qián)) (english: heaven), (alt: 兌 / 兑) (english: lake), (alt: 離 / 离 (lí)) (english: flame), (alt: 震 (zhèn)) (english: thunder), (alt: 巽 (xùn)) (english: wind), (alt: 坎 (kǎn)) (english: water), (alt: 艮 (gèn)) (english: mountain), (alt: 坤 (kūn)) (english: earth) Translations (the eight trigrams of the I Ching): 八卦 (pat-kòa) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 八卦 (baat³ gwaa³) (Chinese Cantonese), 八卦 (bāguà) (Chinese Mandarin), 八卦 (pat-koa) (Hakka Chinese), 八卦 (hakke) (alt: はっけ) (Japanese), 팔괘 (palgwae) (Korean), багуа (bagua) (Russian), bát quái (Vietnamese)
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