拳术

拳術
quánshù
noun #39,499

Measure Word

拳术 zhǒng

Meanings

  1. 1 martial arts
  2. 2 Chinese boxing
  3. 3 unarmed fist techniques

Examples

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù liàn quánshù.
He's practiced martial arts since he was a child.
Shàolínsì yǐ quánshù wénmíng.
Shaolin Temple is famous for its fist arts.
Tā de quánshù zài bǐsài zhōng zhǎnxiàn de línlí jìnzhì.
His fighting technique was fully on display in the match.

Tips

usage
拳术 specifically covers unarmed (fist-based) martial arts like 太极拳, 南拳, . For the broader umbrella including weapons and staged forms, use 武术 (wǔshù). 功夫 (gōngfu) is the looser, more colloquial term foreigners know.

Stroke Order

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