English Explanatory Dictionary

chi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
noun
  1. A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
noun
  1. The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
  2. The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter.
  3. The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
  4. The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
noun
  1. Clipping of chihuahua.
name
  1. Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
  2. A Chinese surname.
noun
  1. Clipping of Chihuahua.
name
  1. Chicago
name
  1. Chichester (city in England)
name
  1. A male given name.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Chicago.

Pronunciation

/kaɪ/ en-us-chi.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chi.wav /t͡ʃiː/ chē LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chi2.wav /t͡ʃə/ chœ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chi3.wav En-au-Chi.ogg /ʃaɪ/ /t͡ʃaɪ/

Word forms

chi chis khi ch'i ki qi chih ch'ih

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Taiwanese foot Hong Kong foot chek Chinese foot

Related words

chi kung ether huna life force orgone prana qigong shaku the equivalent Japanese unit chi chi chi-chi chi chi man chi-ike chi ko pek tai chi tai-chi tai chi chuan

Derived words

chi-by-eye chi-rho chi-square distribution chi-square test chi distribution chi-square Chisox
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