This is a guide for those who plan to visit a Chinese martial arts school.
Below you will find a list of the most important Chinese expressions for wushu training. If you plan to learn wushu in China, learn all of them, and if you have any difficulties in pronouncing them, visit www.zhongwen.com. At Zhongwen.com you have a "Pinyin" (Chinese phonetic transcription) dictionary, from which you can find further writing and pronunciation instructions. Check out the wushu main page for detailed wushu instructions.
Wushu Glossary
wu shu – CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS – also known as KUNG FU
tao lu – FORM
lian – TRAIN, EXERCISE
lian gong – TRAIN, EXERCISE
gong fu – SKILL (that’s what people think of as the Chinese martial art: kung fu)
ti tui – KICK LEGS (the basic kicking techniques)
tui fa – KICKING TECHNIQUES
ya tui – STRETCHING LEGS
ya – STRETCH
xia cha – DOING THE SPLITS
xia da cha – DOING THE SIDE SPLITS
ti – KICK
ti gao yi dian – KICK A BIT HIGHER
zenme ti? – HOW DO YOU KICK?
tiao – JUMP
tiao ji lai – JUMP UP
tiao gao yi dian – JUMP A BIT HIGHER
teng kong – THE JUMPS
da – HIT or PUNCH
da teng kong – HITTING or DOING THE WUSHU JUMPS (e.g., to hit a whirlwind kick etc.)
di yi duan – THE FIRST PART (of a wushu form)
di er duan – THE SECOND PART (of a wushu form)
di san duan – THE THIRD PART
di si duan – THE FOURTH PART
chuan tong quan – TRADITIONAL STYLES
quan – FIST, PUNCH, FORM
ji shu – TECHNIQUE
tou lan – LAZY
nu li – DILIGENT
zong ming – INTELLIGENT
ming bai – UNDERSTAND (I understand, how to do it)
wo bu ming bai – I DON’T UNDERSTAND
dong – UNDERSTAND (The word coming out of your mouth)
nan – DIFFICULT
rong yi – EASY
jian dan – EASY
hao – GOOD
bu hao – BAD
pao bu – RUN, RUNNING
pao ji lai – COME ON, RUN UP, FASTER
kuai – FAST
man – SLOW
kuai yi dian – A BIT FASTER
man yi dian – A BIT SLOWER
ni hui ma – CAN YOU DO IT?
wo bu hui – I CANNOT DO IT
bu hui – HE/SHE/IT CANNOT DO IT
wang qian – FORWARD
wang hou – BACKWARD
shang bu – SMALL STEP IN BETWEEN
Wushu Techniques
zheng ti – STRAIGHT KICK
ce ti – KICK SIDEWAYS
li he – INWARD KICK
wai bai – OUTWARD KICK
dan pai jiao – SINGLE SLAP FOOT (SLAPKICK)
qian sao – FRONT SWEEP
huo sao – BACK SWEEP
ce shuai tui (or just ce shuai) – SIDEKICK
teng kong fei jiao – FLYING FRONT KICK
xuan feng jiao – WHIRLWIND KICK
teng kong bai lian – LOTUS KICK
xuan zi – BUTTERFLY KICK
xuan zi zhuan ti san bai liu shi du – BUTTERFLY TWIST (san bai liu shi = 360, du = degrees)
san bai liu – BUTTERFLY TWIST or THREE SIXTY
ce kong fan – SIDE AIR JUMP – CARTWHEEL WITHOUT HANDS
ce kong fan zhuan ti 360 du – CARTWHEEL 360
li yu da ting – KIP UP
jian zi – ROUND OFF
xiao fan – BACK HANDSPRING or FLIC FLAC
gao ti – BACK FLIP
Body Parts
tou – HEAD
xiong bu – CHEST
fu ji – ABDOMINALS
tiu – LEGS or LEG
da tui – THIGHS or THIGH
xiao tui – CALVES
jiao – FOOT or FEET
xi gai – KNEES or KNEE
bei – BACK
ge bu – ARMS or ARM
yan jing – EYES
ji rou – MUSCLES
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