八段錦

Chinese

		eight	paragraph; section; segment	brocade; embroidered work; bright
trad. (八段錦)		八	段	錦
simp. (八段锦)		八	段	锦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāduànjǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ dyun⁶ gam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāduànjǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baduànjǐn
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tuan⁴-chin³
    • Yale: bā-dwàn-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baduannjiin
    • Palladius: бадуаньцзинь (baduanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ dyun⁶ gam²
    • Yale: baat dyuhn gám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dyn⁶ gam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ dün⁶ gem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ tyːn²² kɐm³⁵/

Noun

八段錦

1. Baduanjin (a form of the Chinese qigong exercise)

Descendants

• → English: Ba Duan Jin, Baduanjin