Quanfa
/ˈtɕʰyɛ̌n.fà/noun
A Chinese martial-arts term meaning a method or system of boxing or fist fighting.
Did you know?Quanfa is a Mandarin term rather than the name of one single style, and its written form 拳法 combines “fist” with 法, a word that can also mean method, law, or principle.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Chinese
Old Chinese
拳
“Fist; a clenched hand”
Ancient Chinese
Old Chinese
法
“A method, model, rule, or established way”
Early Imperial China
Classical Chinese
拳法
“A method or system of using the fists”
19th–20th Century
Mandarin
quánfǎ
“Boxing method or martial-arts system”
20th Century
English
quanfa
“An English martial-arts loanword for Chinese boxing methods”