Wushu Terminology

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Terminology

  • Technical Terminology Wushu
    • Wu shu
    • Kou shu
    • Gong fu
    • Ji shu
    • Qi ben gong
    • Lian
    • Lian wu
    • Lian gong
    • Pao bu
    • Pao qi lai
    • Huo dong
    • Huo dong kai le ma?
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    • Ya
    • Ya tui
    • Xia cha
    • Xia da cha
    • Bu fa
    • Ma bu
    • Gong bu
    • Pu bu
    • Xu bu
    • Xie bu
    • Ding bu
    • Shang bu
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    • Quan
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    • Quan fa
    • Zhang
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    • Gou
    • Tui fa
    • Ti
    • Ti tui
    • Zheng ti
    • Ce ti
    • Lihe
    • Wai bai
    • Dan pai jiao
    • Dan ti chong quan
    • Dan ti chong zhang
    • Ce shuai tui
    • Bian tui
    • Qian sao
    • Hou sao
    • Teng kong
    • Da teng kong
    • Teng kong fei jiao
    • Xuan feng jiao
    • Teng kong bai lian
    • Ce kong fan
    • Ce kong fan zhuan ti
      san bai liu shi du
    • Xuan zi
    • Xuan zi zhuan ti
      san bai liu shi du
    • Xuan zi zhuan ti
      qi bai ar shi du
    • San bai liu
    • Qian zi
    • Xiao fan
    • Gao ti
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  • Wushu Competition
    Terminology
    • Bisai
    • Caipan
    • Kaishi
    • Fen
    • Dian
    • Bsa dian ba fen
    • Ying le
    • Dui le
    • Di yi ming
    • Di er ming
    • Di san ming
    • Dao shu di yi ming
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  • Wushu Terminology for
    the Uniform & Bodyparts
    • Cai fu
    • Tou
    • Tou fa
    • Lian
    • Yan jing
    • Bizi
    • Kou
    • Jian
    • Ge bu
    • Shang bi
    • Xia bi
    • Shou
    • Xiong bu
    • Fu ji
    • Bei
    • Kua
    • Tui
    • Da tui
    • Xi gai
    • Xiao tui
    • Jiao
    • Xie zi
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  • More Wushu Terminology
    • Tao lu
    • San da
    • San shou
    • Shuai jiao
    • Hui bu hui?
    • Hui
    • Bu hui
    • Lei bu lei?
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    • Lei
    • Lei si le?
    • Bu lei
    • Wo tiao bu ji lai !
    • Yi
    • Er
    • San
    • Si
    • Wu
    • Liu
    • Qi
    • Ba
    • Jiu
    • Shi
    • Shi yi
    • Shi er
    • Shi san
    • Er shi
    • Er shi yi
    • Er shi er
    • Er shi san
    • San shi
    • Si shi
    • Wu shi
    • Liu shi
    • Qi shi
    • Ba shi
    • Jui shi
    • Bai
    • Yi bai
    • Er bai
    • San bai
    • Qian
    • Wuqian wubai wushiwu
    • Wan
    • Shi wan
    • Bai wan
    • Wu Bai Wu shi wu wan
    • Yi
    • Shi Yi
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  • Other phrases & words
    • Hao
    • Ni hao
    • Ni hao ma
    • Wo hen hao
    • Ni ne
    • Xie xie
    • Ni shi na guo ren?
    • Ni zhu zai na li?
    • Ting bu dong
    • Bu ming bai
    • Ming bai
    • Ni shuo man yi dian ba
    • Man yi dian
    • Kuai yi dian
    • Chi fan
    • Hao chi ma
    • Hao chi
    • Ni he ba

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Martial arts
Old term for Wushu
Wushu aka kung fu = skill
Technique
Basics
Train
Train wushu - practice wushu
Train wushu - practice wushu
Running - run
Run up - Get running
Warmup
Did you warm up enough?
Did you get warm enough?
Stretch
Stretch legs
Doing the Splits
Doing the big splits (side splits)
Stance techniques
Horse stance
Bow stance
Flat stance
Cat stance
Sit stance (where your legs are crossed)
T-stance
Step forward
(not real stance - just make a step)
Fist - Also used as "style" for fist forms like
Hou quan, xiao hong quan, ying quan etc.
Punching technique
Palm - Also used as "style" for open hand
forms like: Ba gua zhang etc.
Crain (Hand crain position)
Leg techniques
Kick
Kick the legs. When you practice the basic wushu kicks.
Straight wushu kick
Wushu side stretchkick
Inside circle kick
Outside circle kick
Slap kick - Slap hand and foot kick
Single leg kick with fist punch
Single leg kick with palm punch
Side kick
Roundhousekick
Front sweep
Back sweep
Jump
Doing the jumps
Flying frontkick
Whirlwind kick
Lotus kick
Cartwheel without hands
Cartwheel without hands and a full
rotation of 360 degrees
Butterfly kick
Butterfly twist 360
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Butterfly twist 720 degrees
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A wushu slangword for the butterflytwist 360
Round-off
Tumbling / back handsprings and flips
Back flip
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Competition
Referee
Begin - Start
Point
Dot or komma
8,8 points
Winning - win
Losing - lost
First place
Second place
Thrid place
Last place (lit: First place from behind)
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Uniform used for competitions
Head
Hair
Face
Eyes
Nose
Mouth
Shoulders
Arms
Upper arms
Forearms
Hands
Chest
Abdominals
Back
Hips
Legs
Thighs
Kneess
Calfs
Feet
Shoes
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Forms (artistic-performance wushu)
Chinese kickboxing
Chinese kickboxing (other word)
Chinese wrestling
Can you do... (lit: can not can?)
Yes (lit: can) Repeat the verb = yes
No (lit: not can)
Are you exhausted
(lit: exhausted not exhausted)
Yes (lit: exhausted)
Very very exhausted (lit: exhausted to death)
No (lit: not exhausted)
I can't jump up (I cannot do this jump)
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100 one hundred
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10000
100000
1000000
5550000
10000000
100000000
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Good
Hello (lit: you good)
How are you (lit: you good ?)
I am fine (lit: I very good)
And you? - What about you?
Thank you
Which country are you from?
Where do you live?
Don't understand
Don't understand (the meaning)
Understand (I understand!)
Pleas speak abit slower
Slower!
Faster!
Eat
Does it taste good?
It tastes good!
Drink something!