qigong

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See also: qìgōng, qi-gong, and qi gong

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people doing qigong exercises in a park in Gaoxiong, Taiwan
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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 / 气功 (qìgōng, breath work, qi work).

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Noun

qigong (usually uncountable, plural qigongs)

  1. (fitness, alternative medicine) A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
    • 1998 May, Li HongZhi, CHINA FALUN GONG (REVISED EDITION) (English Version), Hong Kong: Falun Fo Fa Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29:
      Some people may suddenly speak a language and speak it quite fluently. However, it is not a language of human society. What can it be called? It can be called "cosmic language" (宇宙語). Actually it is nothing but a language of subtle beings in a space only a little bit higher than ours. Now quite a few of qigong practitioners in China have had such an experience. Some can even speak several such languages.
    • 2004, Judith Orloff, Positive Energy, page 112:
      My patients laud qigong as a stressbuster and cure for pesky chronic symptoms that baffle doctors.

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Noun

qigong m (uncountable)

  1. (alternative medicine) qigong (a Chinese system of body movement and meditation)