Hung Gar (Cantonese) Chinese Terminology

The northern Chinese language is Mandarin. The characters are Chinese Simplified. The official romanization (Latin spelling) is pinyin. The old romanization is Wade-Giles, which uses apostrophes and superscript numbers. Informal Wade-Giles often removes the apostrophes and numbers.

The southern Chinese language is Cantonese. The characters are Chinese Traditional. The newest romanization (Latin spelling) is Jyutping from the 1990s, which uses numbers after syllables for tones. A common older romanization is Yale, which uses accents and apostrophes. There are other older ones, like Cantonese pinyin from the 1950s, Sidney Lau, and Meyer-Wempe.

There are also informal romanizations using the pronunciations. There are also other dialects with their own romanization, such as Hokkien, Teochew, and Shanghainese.

General

Wong Fei Hung	Chinese Folk Hero
Ng Gar Kuen	Five Family Form

Kung Fu Five Elders

Jee Sin
Ng Mui
Bak Mei	literally "White Eyebrow, Taoist"
Fung Do Duk
Miu Hin

Five Families

Hung

Fut Literally "Buddhist"

Choy

Lee

Mok

Five Family Founders

Hung Hei Gun	Founder of Hung Gar
Leong Sil Jung	Founder of Fut Gar
Choy Gau Yee	Founder of Choy Gar
Li Yau San	Founder of Li Gar Teacher of Choy Li Fut Founder of Chan Heung
Mok Ching Giu	Founder of Mok Gar

Five Animals

Fu Tiger

Hok Crane

Lung Dragon

Pao Leopard

Sare Snake

Stances

Sei Ping Ma

Horse Stance

Hand Techniques

Ping Choi	Level Punch
Yut Gee Choi	Vertical Character Punch
Kwa Choi	Back Fist
Dot Choi	Whip Strike
Pek Choi	Split Fist
Sou Choi	Swing Punch
Jong Choi	Uppercut Punch
Pow Long Choi	Wave Punch
Kup Choi	Cover Strike
Dan Gee Chin Sao	Single Character Hand
Sup Gee Chin Sao	Ten Character Hand
Fu Jaau	Tiger Claw
Kiu Sau	Bridge Hand

Kicks

Tiger Techniques

Weapons

Daan Dou	Single Broadsword
Gwan	Staff
Guaan Dou	Halberd or "Great" Sword or "Green Dragon" Sword named after General Kwan
Biin	Chain Whip
Wu Dip Dou	Butterfly Swords
Chiang	Spear
Gim	Straight Sword

Forms

Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen	I-Pattern / Crouching Tiger Form or Taming the Tiger in an I-Pattern Form
Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen	Double Form of Tiger and Crane
Ng Ying Kuen	Five Forms Fist or Five Pattern Fist or Five Animal Form
Ng Ying Ng Hong Kuen	Five Animal / Five Element Form
Sap Ying Kuen or Sup Ying Kuen	Ten Forms Fist or Ten Pattern Fist
Tit Sin Kuen	Iron Wire Form

Five Family Forms

Five Animal Forms

Fu Ying Kuen	Tiger Form
Hok Ying Kuen	Crane Form
Lung Ying Kuen	Dragon Form
Pao Ying Kuen	Leopard Form
Sare Ying Kuen	Snake Form

Please visit the Hung Gar Curriculum page for more Chinese names of the forms, drills, and techniques.