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Translingual

Symbol

chi

(international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Chinese.

English

**Ancient Greek alphabet**
← phi		→ psi
Χ χ Ancient Greek: χεῖ
Wikipedia article on chi

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chi (letter)

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaɪ/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

chi (plural chis)

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.

Derived terms

chi distribution
chi-square

Translations

Greek letter

Arabic: خِي m (ḵī)
Asturian: khi (ast)
Catalan: khi (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西 (zh) (xī), 喜 (zh) (xǐ), 凱 / 凯 (zh) (kǎi)
Czech: chí
Dutch: chi (nl) m or f
Esperanto: ĥio (eo)
Finnish: khii (fi)
French: chi (fr) m, khi (fr)
German: Chi (de) n
Greek: χι (el) n (chi)
Ancient: χεῖ n (kheî)
Hebrew: כִי (he) f (chi)
Hungarian: khi (hu)
Interlingua: chi
Irish: chí f
Japanese: キー (ja) (kī), カイ (ja) (kai), ヒ (ja) (hi)
Korean: 키 (ko) (ki)
Macedonian: хи (hi)
Malay: khi
Persian: خی (fa) (xi)
Polish: chi (pl) n
Portuguese: qui (pt) m
Russian: хи (ru) n (xi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хи

Latin: hi (sh)
Slovak: chí n
Spanish: ji (es) f
Thai: ไค (th) (kai)
Ukrainian: хі n (xi)

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

chi (force)

Wikipedia

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).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)

(philosophy, mysticism) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
- [1987, “ch'i”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎, 15th edition, volume 3, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 186, column 3:
  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.]
- 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, Viking Press, page 196:
  He took several deep breaths, finding his chi as Butler had taught him.
- 2013 April 2, David Tanis, “Hurry Up, Spring”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 April 2013, Dining & Wine‎:
  At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries.
  Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.
- 2017 January 8, Leslie Hsu Oh, “I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 January 2017, Health & Science‎:
  According to traditional Chinese medicine, blood carries chi, your “life force,” which fuels all the functions of the body. When you lose blood, you lose chi, and this causes your body to go into a state of yin (cold). When yin (cold) and yang (hot) are out of balance, your body will suffer physical disorders.

Alternative forms

ch'i, ki
qi (Hanyu Pinyin)

Related terms

chi kung

Translations

the fundamental life-force or energy

Arabic: تْشِي m (tšī), كِي (ar) m (kī)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 氣 / 气 (hei³)

Dungan: чи (či)

Eastern Min: 氣 / 气 (ké)

Hakka: 氣 / 气 (hi)

Hokkien: 氣 / 气 (zh-min-nan) (khì, khùi)

Mandarin: 氣 / 气 (zh) (qì)

Wu: 氣i / 气i
Esperanto: ĉjio
Finnish: ki (fi)
French: qi (fr) m
German: Qi (de) n, Ch'i n, Ki (de) n
Hebrew: צ׳י (chi)
Hungarian: csi
Indonesian: qi (id)
Japanese: 気 (ja) (き, ki)
Korean: 기(氣) (ko) (gi)
Macedonian: чи n (či)
Persian: چی (fa) (či)
Polish: chi (pl) n
Portuguese: qi (pt) m, chi (pt) m
Russian: ци (ru) n (ci), чи (ru) n (či), ки (ru) n (ki)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чи n

Roman: či n
Swedish: qi (sv)
Turkish: çi (tr), ki (tr)
Vietnamese: khí (vi) (氣 (vi))

Etymology 3

English Wikipedia has an article on:

chi (unit)

Wikipedia

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

Alternative forms

chih, ch'ih

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)

The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
(Mainland China) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter.
(Taiwan) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
(Hong Kong) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.

Synonyms

(traditional, mainland): Chinese foot
(Taiwan): Taiwanese foot
(Hong Kong): Hong Kong foot, chek

Related terms

shaku, the equivalent Japanese unit

Etymology 4

Noun

chi (plural chis)

Clipping of chihuahua.

Anagrams

CIH, HCI, ICH, IHC, Ich, hic, ich

Atsahuaca

Noun

chi

fire

Cornish

Alternative forms

(Standard Cornish) chy

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Pronunciation

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [tʃiː]

Noun

chi m (plural chiow or treven)

(Standard Written Form) house

Derived terms

abatti (“abbey”)
arbrovji (“laboratory”)
asklotti (“chip shop”)
batti (“mint”)
bosti (“restaurant”)
bragji (“brewery”)
chanjya chi (“move house”)
Chi an Arydhi (“House of Lords”)
Chi an Gemmynyon (“House of Commons”)
chi dolli (“doll house”)
chi golyow (“holiday house”)
chi gweder (“greenhouse”)
chi gwedhen (“tree house”)
chi gwynn (“burning house”)
chi tiek (“farmhouse”)
chi unnik (“detached house”)
chi unnleur (“bungalow”)
chi-ladha (“butchery, slaughterhouse, abattoir”)
diwotti (“pub, tavern”)
folji (“mental hospital”)
golowji (“lighthouse”)
gwerthji (“shop”)
gwevelji (“semi-detached house”)
gwiskti (“wardrobe”)
gwrys y'n chi (“homemade”)
hwelji (“workshop”)
jynnji (“engine house”)
kigti (“butcher's shop”)
klavji (“hospital”)
lenji (“nunnery”)
leti (“dairy (farm)”)
managhti (“monastery”)
ordenor chi (“housekeeper”)
popti (“bakery”)
pronterji (“vicarage”)
rannji (“flat, apartment”)
skolji (“school house”)
yn chi (“at home”)

Mutation

More information unmutated, soft ...

Mutation of *chi*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
chi	ji	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xi/
Audio: (file)

Noun

chi m or f (plural chi's, diminutive chi'tje n)

chi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Esperanto

Particle

chi

H-system spelling of ĉi

Garo

Alternative forms

চি

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ti(y), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”). Cognate with Atong (India) tyi (“water”), Kokborok twi (“water”).

Noun

chi

water

Derived terms

chibatram
chibima
chibol
chidari
chidek
chiga
chigitok
chiganduri
chijima
chiklok
chimik
chipek
chirama
chiret
chiriking

chiring
chisam
chisikwilwilgipa
chitingkilok
kramchi
mikchi

References

The Bodos in Assam: a socio-cultural study, year 2005-2006 (2007)

Guerrero Amuzgo

Noun

chi

grandfather

Adverb

chi

Italian