/tuy" jee" chwahn", chee"/
a Chinese martial art and form of stylized, meditative exercise, characterized by methodically slow circular and stretching movements and positions of bodily balance.
Also, tai chi chuan; Pinyin, tai ji quan /tuy" jee" chyuuahn"/ . Also called t'ai chi, tai chi, tai ji .
[ 1960-65; tàijí quán lit., fist of the Great Absolute ]