chi
IPA: kˈaɪ
noun
- The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
- (philosophy) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
- 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.
- (historical, dated) Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
- A Chinese surname.
- (slang) Chicago
- (slang) Chichester (city in England)
- A male given name.
- Clipping of chihuahua.
- (informal) Clipping of Chihuahua. [A city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico]
- (sports) Abbreviation of Chicago. [A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.]
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Examples of "chi" in Sentences
- Goku and Chi chi arrive at the furnace.
- They continue to follow Goku and Chi chi.
- Chi chi leaves to prepare for the wedding.
- For Hmong, Chi You is a sagacious mythical king.
- The song is a sometimes nuthatch like chi chi chi.
- His sonorous song 'Ana M Ele Chi' remains evergreen.
- A synonymous Jamaican pejorative is chi chi boy or chi chi man.
- Other vocalizations include a fast tweet and a short chi chi chi .
- It was a defoliant used to rob the Ho Chi Minh Trail of its overhead cover.
- In this article, it's variously referred to as Tai Chi, tai chi, and Tai chi.
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