taijiquan
tai·ji·quannoun
taijiquan is spelled T-A-I-J-I-Q-U-A-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables (tai·ji·quan). It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, taijiquan means “Tai chi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in taijiquan?
| Letters | 9: T-A-I-J-I-Q-U-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tai·ji·quan |
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is taijiquan?
Taijiquan appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce taijiquan?
Taijiquan has 3 syllables, split tai·ji·quan in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of taijiquan
- tai chi chuan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does taijiquan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Tai chi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does taijiquan come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 太極拳／太极拳 (tàijíquán).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).