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- 1 An ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty historical
"In the earlier chapters uncouth proper names are reduced to a minimum, but the Index refers by name to specific places and persons only generally mentioned in the earlier pages. For instance, the states of Lu and Chêng on pages 22 and 29 : it is hard enough to differentiate Ts‘i, Tsin, Ts‘in, and Ts‘u at the outstart, without crowding the memory with fresh names until the necessity for it absolutely arises.[…] CHOU: at first a principality in South Shen Si and part of Kan Suh, subject to Shang dynasty; afterwards the imperial dynasty itself. TS‘IN; principality west of the above. When the Chou dynasty moved its capital east into Ho Nan, Ts‘in took possession of the old Chou principality. TSIN : principality (same family as Chou) in South Shan Si (and in part of Shen Si at times). TS‘I: principality, separated by the Yellow River from Tsin and Yen; it lay in North Shan Tung, and in the coast part of Chih Li. TS‘U : semi-barbarous principality alone preponderant on the Yang-tsz River."
- 2 A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.
- 3 A county of Hebi, Henan, China.
"Opposition to Yüeh’s regime was not limited to Ying-yang. In Ch’i County, located about 120 kilometers to the east, Red Spear resistance was even more pronounced.[…]The richest county in Honan, Ch'i had a long history of tax resistance."
- 4 A Chinese surname.
- 1 Alternative form of chi. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"And so he trained his qi, his breath, and his sense of timing, so that strength and size became irrelevant to his understanding of Aikido."
- 2 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
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 氣/气 (qì).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 齊 /齐 (Qí).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 祁 (Qí).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 淇 (Qí).
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