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This can be translated literally as “Praying Mantis Fist.”
螳螂拳 is sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its place of origin. It was created by Wang Lang and was named after the praying mantis, an insect, the aggressiveness of which inspired the style.
Shaolin records document that Wang Lang was one of the 18 masters gathered by the Shaolin Abbot Fu Ju, which dates him and Northern Praying Mantis style to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.).
The fact that the word “Northern” is used in the English title has more to do with where this style came from (Shandong is in northern China), but “north” is absent from this Chinese title.
Note: 螳螂拳 is also a title in Japanese - however, only a Japanese person who practices or is familiar with the “Praying Mantis Fist” style would recognize it.
螳螂 is mantis or “praying mantis,” as it's often titled in English.
Technically speaking, this especially applies to the narrow-winged mantis (Tenodera angustipennis)
It is best to use this very common two-character Asian title for the mantis, as the second character alone can mean mantis or dragonfly (totally ambiguous).
This title is antiquated in Japanese, as they tend to write カマキリ (kama kiri) in Katakana to mean praying mantis.
Note: There is an alternate form of this title which uses the character shown to the right instead of the first character shown above. This is uncommon in both Japan and China (if you really want it anyway, please let us know).
南派螳螂 can be translated literally as “Southern School Praying Mantis” or “Southern Style Praying Mantis.”
Despite its name, the Southern Praying Mantis style of Chinese martial arts is unrelated to the Northern Praying Mantis style. Southern Praying Mantis is instead related most closely to fellow Hakka styles such as Dragon and more distantly to the Fujian family of styles that includes Fujian White Crane, Five Ancestors, and Wing Chun.
This style of martial arts focuses more on fighting skills rather than aesthetics.
Of course, you already knew that if you were looking for this term.
Note: This title can be pronounced and does have meaning in Korean but only to Koreans familiar with Chinese martial arts.
In Japan, they used to write praying mantis in Kanji, but this Katakana title has taken over as the most common version.
This refers to the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis if you are a biologist.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your grasshopper search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
蝗 see styles |
huáng huang2 huang batta ばった kou / ko こう oonemushi おおねむし inamushi いなむし inago いなご |
locust (kana only) grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea); rice pest; (1) (kana only) rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); (2) (kana only) grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae) |
稲子 see styles |
touko / toko とうこ |
(1) (kana only) rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); (2) (kana only) grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae); (female given name) Touko |
螽斯 see styles |
zhōng sī zhong1 si1 chung ssu kirigirisu きりぎりす |
katydid or long-horned grasshopper (family Tettigoniidae) (1) (kana only) Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); (2) katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); long-horned grasshopper; (3) (archaism) cricket |
Variations: |
inago; kou(蝗); inago / inago; ko(蝗); inago いなご; こう(蝗); イナゴ |
(1) (kana only) rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); (2) (kana only) grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae) |
アリとキリギリス see styles |
aritokirigirisu アリとキリギリス |
(work) The Ant and the Grasshopper; (wk) The Ant and the Grasshopper |
喓 see styles |
yāo yao1 yao |
grasshopper chirp; mosquito buzz |
蚱 see styles |
zhà zha4 cha |
grasshopper |
蛩 see styles |
qióng qiong2 ch`iung chiung koorogi こおろぎ |
anxious; grasshopper; a cricket (out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (2) (archaism) any insect that chirps in autumn |
蜢 see styles |
měng meng3 meng |
grasshopper |
螞 蚂 see styles |
mà ma4 ma |
grasshopper |
螽 see styles |
zhōng zhong1 chung |
(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado |
蟈 蝈 see styles |
guō guo1 kuo |
small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.); see 蟈蟈|蝈蝈 long-horned grasshopper |
蠓 see styles |
měng meng3 meng |
grasshopper; midge; sandfly |
祢宜 see styles |
negi ねぎ |
(1) (Shinto) senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); (2) (obscure) grasshopper; locust; (place-name, surname) Negi |
禰宜 see styles |
negi ねぎ |
(1) (Shinto) senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); (2) (obscure) grasshopper; locust; (surname) Negi |
草蜢 see styles |
cǎo měng cao3 meng3 ts`ao meng tsao meng |
grasshopper |
蚱蜢 see styles |
zhà měng zha4 meng3 cha meng |
grasshopper |
蚱蟲 蚱虫 see styles |
zhà chóng zha4 chong2 cha ch`ung cha chung |
grasshopper |
蝗虫 see styles |
kouchuu / kochu こうちゅう |
(See 稲子) rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya) |
螞蚱 蚂蚱 see styles |
mà zha ma4 zha5 ma cha |
(dialect) locust; grasshopper |
蟈蟈 蝈蝈 see styles |
guō guo guo1 guo5 kuo kuo |
katydid; long-horned grasshopper |
蟋蟀 see styles |
xī shuài xi1 shuai4 hsi shuai koorogi こおろぎ |
cricket (insect) (1) (kana only) cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (2) (archaism) any insect that chirps in autumn; (1) (kana only) Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); (2) katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); long-horned grasshopper; (3) (archaism) cricket; (surname) Koorogi |
飛蝗 飞蝗 see styles |
fēi huáng fei1 huang2 fei huang hikou / hiko ひこう tobibatta とびばった |
flying locusts (kana only) grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea); locust swarming; locust swarm; (swarming) locusts |
北蝗鶯 北蝗莺 see styles |
běi huáng yīng bei3 huang2 ying1 pei huang ying |
(bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Locustella ochotensis) |
小蝗鶯 小蝗莺 see styles |
xiǎo huáng yīng xiao3 huang2 ying1 hsiao huang ying |
(bird species of China) Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Locustella certhiola) |
紡織孃 纺织娘 see styles |
fǎng zhī niáng fang3 zhi1 niang2 fang chih niang |
katydid; long-horned grasshopper |
羽長蝗 see styles |
hanenagainago はねながいなご |
rice grasshopper |
史氏蝗鶯 史氏蝗莺 see styles |
shǐ shì huáng yīng shi3 shi4 huang2 ying1 shih shih huang ying |
(bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei) |
機織り虫 see styles |
hataorimushi はたおりむし |
grasshopper |
蒼眉蝗鶯 苍眉蝗莺 see styles |
cāng méi huáng yīng cang1 mei2 huang2 ying1 ts`ang mei huang ying tsang mei huang ying |
(bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Locustella fasciolata) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Northern Praying Mantis | 螳螂拳 | tou rou ken tourouken to ro ken | táng láng quán tang2 lang2 quan2 tang lang quan tanglangquan | t`ang lang ch`üan tanglangchüan tang lang chüan |
Mantis Praying Mantis | 螳螂 / 蟷螂 螳螂 | tou rou / tourou / to ro | táng láng tang2 lang2 tang lang tanglang | t`ang lang tanglang tang lang |
Southern Praying Mantis | 南派螳螂 | nán pài táng láng nan2 pai4 tang2 lang2 nan pai tang lang nanpaitanglang | nan p`ai t`ang lang nanpaitanglang nan pai tang lang |
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Praying Mantis | カマキリ | kamakiri | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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