white crane

The story

1. Hokkien · borrowed from白鶴派 /白鹤派“white crane style”
2. Cantonese · borrowed from白鶴派 /白鹤派“white crane style”
3. Chinese · calque of白鶴派 /白鹤派“white crane style”
4. English todayWhite Crane

From white + crane. Calque of Chinese 白鶴派 /白鹤派 (“white crane style”) * (Tibetan White Crane): From Cantonese 白鶴派 /白鹤派 (“white crane style”), from 西藏白鶴拳 /西藏白鹤拳 (“Tibetan white crane boxing”) * (Fujian White Crane): From Hokkien 白鶴派 /白鹤派 (“white crane style”)