丹田
daan1 tin4dān tián
English
- pubic region
- point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
- Kwan Yuen point, an acupuncture point 3 inches below the belly button, from the Chinese medical theory it is the energy reservoir of human body, the pool for blood and sperm, important for reproduction
粵語 — Cantonese
- 又稱關元穴,位於肚臍正下方三寸,中醫角度視為人體元氣匯聚之處,儲藏精血,主生殖
Examples
氣聚丹田
to accumulate the chi below your belly button
唱歌要唱得好,一定要識用丹田氣。
To sing well, you must learn to use your diaphragm to breathe.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk