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八卦掌

八卦掌

Chinese

		the eight divinatory trigrams of the I Ching	palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad. (八卦掌)		八卦	掌

Noun

八卦掌

baguazhang (form of Chinese boxing)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bāguàzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ gwaa³ zoeng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāguàzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baguahjaang
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ ku̯a̠⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ gwaa³ zoeng²
  - Yale: baat gwa jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ gwaa³ dzoeng²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³ kʷɑː³³ t͡ɕœːŋ³⁵/