"qigong" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tʃiːˈɡɒŋ/ [UK], /tʃiːˈkʊŋ/ [UK], /tʃiˈɡɔŋ/ [General-American], /tʃiˈɡʊŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-qigong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: qigongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ, -ʊŋ Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功/气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|氣功||breath work, qi work}} Mandarin 氣功/气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} qigong (usually uncountable, plural qigongs)
  1. (fitness, alternative medicine) A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation. Wikipedia link: qigong Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Alternative medicine, Exercise Synonyms: qi gong, chi kung [obsolete] Related terms: Ba Duan Jin Translations (system of breathing control): txi-kung [masculine] (Catalan), 氣功 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 气功 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 氣功 (Chinese Mandarin), 气功 (qìgōng) (Chinese Mandarin), čchi-kung [masculine] (Czech), ĉigongo (Esperanto), qi gong [masculine] (French), qigong [masculine] (French), chi gong [masculine] (French), chi kung [masculine] (French), Qigong [neuter] (German), Tschigong [neuter, pronunciation-spelling] (German), Chigong [neuter] (German), τσι κουνγκ (tsi koungk) [neuter] (Greek), τσι γκουνγκ (tsi gkoungk) [neuter] (Greek), τσιγκόνγκ (tsigkóngk) [neuter] (Greek), τσι γκονγκ (tsi gkongk) [neuter] (Greek), τσι κονγκ (tsi kongk) [neuter] (Greek), 気功 (kikō) (alt: きこう) (Japanese), 기공 (gigong) (alt: 氣功) (Korean), qigong [masculine] (Portuguese), qi-gong [masculine] (Portuguese), цигу́н (cigún) [masculine] (Russian), qigong [masculine] (Spanish), chi kung [masculine] (Spanish), ชี่กง (Thai), khí công (Vietnamese)

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      ],
      "word": "τσι κονγκ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kikō",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "word": "気功"
    },
    {
      "alt": "氣功",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gigong",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "word": "기공"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "qigong"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "qi-gong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cigún",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цигу́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "qigong"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chi kung"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "word": "ชี่กง"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "system of breathing control",
      "word": "khí công"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qigong"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": khì-kong vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "qigong"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "qigong",
  "trace": ""
}

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