tai chi

plural tai chis · alternative taichi · alternative tai-chi · alternative taiji

1. uncountableusuallygovernmentA soft form of martial art developed in China.

   Participants perform Tai Chi at a square in Jiefang District during a worldwide Tai Chi activity on October 18, 2015, in Jiaozuo, Henan Province.

   2016 March 31, Alan Taylor, “More of the Chinese Art of the Crowd”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2016

   Synonyms: tai chi chuan, taijiquan

present singular third person tai chis · participle present tai chiing · participle present tai chi-ing · participle past tai chied · past tai chied · alternative taichi · alternative tai-chi · alternative taiji

1. informalTo practise tai chi.
2. MalaysiaSingaporefigurativelyslangTo push a task or responsibility to someone else.

   From this poll, one respondent mentioned that an essential workplace skill is the ability to “taiji” (the art of passing one’s responsibilities to someone else), while another mentioned “how to bootlick your boss”.

   2019 April 23, Grace Yeoh, “Many People Say They Miss School, But the Best Part of Work is Being Able to Learn Whatever We Want”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024