Saturday, February 10, 2007

Chinese Lexicon

Ever wonder how to say "take me to the nearest BJJ school" in Chinese ? Well, since your phrasebook won't help you on the "BJJ" part, I've decided to compile a little lexicon of useful Chinese words.


English Pinyin Character Notes
Judo roudao

柔道


Jujitsu roushu 柔术
Brazilian Jujitsu baxiroushu 巴西柔术
Wrestling shuaijiao 摔跤 "Shuai jiao" is often used in the west to mean "Chinese wrestling", but
in Chinese it only means "wrestling", and can be used for freestyle, greco,
catch, etc.
Freestyle Wrestling ziyou shi shuaijiao

自由式摔跤

This means "free style wrestling"
Greco-Roman Wrestling gudian shi shuaijiao 古典式摔跤 This means "classic style wrestling"
Chinese Wrestling zhongguo shi shuaijiao 中国式摔跤 This means "Chinese style wrestling"
Sanda sanda 散打 Sanda is a Chinese combat sport, it's like kickboxing with throws
Muay Thai taiquan 泰拳
Boxing quanji 拳击
MMA zonghe gedou ji
zonghe boji
ziyou boji

综合格斗技
综合搏击
自由搏击

The first two terms mean something like "synthetized combat" and the
last one is "free fighting"
Sambo sangbo 桑搏

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