qigong

See also: qìgōng, qi-gong, and qi gong

English

Borrowed from Mandarin 氣功／气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”).

qigong (usually uncountable, plural qigongs)

(fitness, alternative medicine) A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation. [from 20th c.]
- 1998 May, Li HongZhi, CHINA FALUN GONG (REVISED EDITION) (English Version)‎, Hong Kong: Falun Fo Fa Publishing Co., →ISBN, OCLC 754094128, page 29:
  Some people may suddenly speak a language and speak it quite fluently. However, it is not a language of human society. What can it be called? It can be called "cosmic language" (宇宙語). Actually it is nothing but a language of subtle beings in a space only a little bit higher than ours. Now quite a few of qigong practitioners in China have had such an experience. Some can even speak several such languages.
- 2004, Judith Orloff, Positive Energy, page 112:
  My patients laud qigong as a stressbuster and cure for pesky chronic symptoms that baffle doctors.

system of breathing control

Catalan: txi-kung m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 氣功／气功 (zh) (qìgōng)
Min Nan: 氣功 (zh-min-nan), 气功 (khì-kong)
Czech: čchi-kung m
Esperanto: ĉigongo
French: qi gong (fr) m, qigong m, chi gong m, chi kung m
German: Qigong (de) n, Tschigong n (pronunciation spelling for qìgōng), Chigong n
Greek: τσι κουνγκ n (tsi koungk), τσι γκουνγκ n (tsi gkoungk), τσιγκόνγκ n (tsigkóngk), τσι γκονγκ n (tsi gkongk), τσι κονγκ n (tsi kongk)
Japanese: 気功 (ja) (きこう, kikō)
Korean: 기공(氣功) (ko) (gigong)
Portuguese: qigong m, qi-gong m
Russian: цигу́н (ru) m (cigún)
Spanish: qigong m, chi kung m
Thai: ชี่กง
Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: khí công (vi)

qigong m (uncountable)

(alternative medicine) qigong (a Chinese system of body movement and meditation)