Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qigong

/tʃiˈɡɔŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: qi-gong
IPA: /tʃiˈɡɔŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"My patients laud qigong as a stressbuster and cure for pesky chronic symptoms that baffle doctors."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 /气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 氣功

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tʃiˈɡɔŋ/
British English: /tʃiːˈɡɒŋ/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

qigongs (plural) qi gong (alternative) chi kung (alternative)

Phrases

Ba Duan Jin

Frequently Paired Words

Ba Duan Jin

Rhymes With

long wrong along song strong hong kong belong hong kong dong jong wong

Questions

How do you pronounce qigong?: The recorded pronunciation is /tʃiˈɡɔŋ/.
What does qigong mean?: A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
Where does qigong come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 /气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”).

How to pronounce qigong

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “qigong”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/tʃiˈɡɔŋ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “qigong”.
Repeat and practice — Say “qigong” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.