YCGF Terminology

Pinyin	Chinese	Tones	English
an	按	àn	press
ba bei	拔背	bá bèi	taut back
ba fa	八法	bā fǎ	eight energies, eight methods
cai	採	cǎi	stamp
chang jin	长劲	cháng jìn	long force
chen jian	沉肩	chén jiān	sink shoulders
chen jin	沉劲	chén jìn	sinking force
chou kua	抽跨	chōu kuà	draw hips
ding jin	顶劲	dǐng jìn	pushing up fore
ding tou xuan	顶头悬	dǐng tóu xuán	lift the head
dong jin	懂劲	dǒng jìn	understanding force, level 2 taiji training
dou sou jin	抖擞劲	dǒu sǒu jìn	shaking force
dui	對	duì	intercept
fa	发	fā	release a throwing force, attack
fa jin	发劲	fā jìn	release force
fu	敷	fū	covering
gai	蓋	gài	blanketing
gu dang	鼓荡	gǔ dàng	bellowing, undulation
guan chuan	贯穿	guàn chuān	go through, connect through
guo dang	裹裆	guǒ dāng	lift crotch
han xiong	涵胸	hán xiōng	hollow chest
hua	化	huà	melt, dissolve
ji	挤	jǐ	push
jin	劲	jìn	type of force, ability or skill, level or standard
jin bu	進步	jìn bù	step forward
jing tan jin	惊弹劲	jīng tán jìn	surprised shivering force
kao	靠	kào	shoulder, lean
li	力	lì	gross physical strength
lian	连	lián	link
lie	挒	liè	split
liu tun	溜臀	liū tún	tuck buttocks
lu	捋	lǚ	roll back
na	拿	ná	hold, control
nei jin	內劲	nèi jìn	internal force
nian	黏	nián	adhere
peng	掤	péng	ward off
shen ming	神明	shén míng	Illumination, level 3 taiji training
shi	实	shí	substantial
si yu	四隅	sì yú	four corners (non-cardinal) directions
si zheng	四正	sì zhèng	four straight (cardinal) directions
song yao	松腰	sōng yāo	relax waist
sui	随	suí	follow
ti fang	提放	tí fàng	raise up, drop down
ting	听	tīng	listen
ting jin	听劲	tīng jìn	listening skill
tui bu	退步	tuì bù	step backward
tun	吞	tūn	swallowing
wai jin	外劲	wài jìn	external force
wu bu	五步	wǔ bù	five steps
xu	虚	xū	insubstantial
xu jin	蓄劲	xù jìn	store force
yin	引	yǐn	lure
you pan	右盼	yòu pàn	diagonal backward
zhan	粘	zhān	stick
zhan gan	粘杆	zhān gān	sticking staff
zhao shu	着熟	zháo shú	practice skills, level 1 taiji training
zhong ding	中定	zhōng dìng	central equilibrium
zhou	肘	zhǒu	elbow
zhu ji	筑基	zhú jī	build foundation
zhui zhou	坠肘	zhuì zhǒu	drop elbows
zuo gu	左顾	zuǒ gù	diagonal forward