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Chi

//kaɪ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty dated, historical
  2. 2
    Chicago slang

    "I arrived in Chi quite early in the morning, got a room in the Y, and went to bed with a very few dollars in my pocket."

  3. 3
    Chichester (city in England) slang
  4. 4
    A male given name.
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of Chicago. abbreviation, alt-of

    "56 Michael Jordan, CHI vs. MIA, Apr. 29, 1992."

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  1. 6
    A Chinese surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
  2. 2
    A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation. uncountable, usually

    "Early Taoist philosophers and alchemists regarded ch'i as a vital force inhering in the breath and bodily fluids and developed techniques to alter and control the movement of ch'i within the body; their aim was to achieve physical longevity and spiritual power."

  3. 3
    The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    Clipping of chihuahua. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  5. 5
    Clipping of Chihuahua. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
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  1. 6
    the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet wordnet
  2. 7
    The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter. Mainland-China, uncountable, usually
  3. 8
    the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health wordnet
  4. 9
    The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku. Taiwan, uncountable, usually
  5. 10
    The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters. Hong-Kong, uncountable, usually

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Etymology 2

From the Mandarin 氣／气 (qì) from the Wade–Giles romanization: chʻi⁴, from Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH), from Old Chinese 氣 (OC *kʰɯds, “breath, vapor”). Compare modern Japanese 気(き) (ki), Korean 기(氣) (gi) and Vietnamese khí (氣).

Etymology 3

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 尺 (chǐ). Doublet of chek.

Etymology 4

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 齊 /齐 (Qí).

Etymology 5

Apocopic form of Chicago.

Etymology 6

Apocopic form of Chichester.

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