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chi 1[kahy] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural chis.

  1. the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

Origin of chi 1From Greek chi 2[chee] noun Wade-Giles.

  1. qi.

Chi [chahy] noun

  1. Chicago.

Origin of Chi by shortening qi [chœ] noun Pinyin.

  1. (in traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy) the vital life force that flows through the body and is supposedly regulated by acupuncture.

Also Wade-Giles, chi. Origin of qi From the Chinese word qì breath Ch’i [chyee] noun

  1. one of two dynasties that ruled in China a.d. 479–502 and, as the Northern Ch’i, a.d. 550–77.

Related Words for chi Chi Examples from the Web for chi Contemporary Examples of chi

  • Instead of a corsage, he brought me a plastic duck he’d stolen from a Chi Chi’s restaurant.

    Let Us Now Praise Famous Rednecks and Their Unjustly Unsung Kin

    Allison Glock

    August 23, 2014

  • By now I’m so overwrought with chi’s and fu’s and kong’s and kung’s that my eyes have about crossed.

    The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou

    John Ed Bradley

    April 27, 2014

  • In Chobits, hapless waiter Hideki ends up purchasing a “persocom,” an android called Chi, and slowly falls in love with her.

    Hollywood Sci-Fi Films Are Ripping Off Anime

    David Levesley

    April 18, 2014

  • Chi, like Samantha (Scarlett Johannson), ends up becoming a transcendent being that threatens her relationship with a human.

    Hollywood Sci-Fi Films Are Ripping Off Anime

    David Levesley

    April 18, 2014

  • Alfonso Signorini, editor of Chi magazine, has defended his decision to print the images.

    Why William is Powerless To Protest New Kate Pics

    Tom Sykes

    February 14, 2013

  • Historical Examples of chi

  • Me and my buddies, we just come back from fighting in Chi, Gerri.

    Mutineer

    Robert J. Shea

  • Chicago came to be so common a word that they began to call it “Chi.”

    Negro Migration during the War

    Emmett J. Scott

  • When he was steward of the Chi, Chung-kung asked how to rule.

    The Sayings Of Confucius

    Confucius

  • Chi Huan accepted them, and for three days no court was held.

    The Sayings Of Confucius

    Confucius

  • He gave forth the last cry with all his might, emphasising the “chi—or!”

    The Crystal Hunters

    George Manville Fenn

  • British Dictionary definitions for chi chi 1 noun

    1. the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet (Χ, χ), a consonant, transliterated as ch or rarely kh

    chi 2 ch’i or qi noun

    1. (sometimes capital) (in Oriental medicine, martial arts, etc) vital energy believed to circulate round the body in currents

    Word Origin for chi Chinese, literally: energy qi noun

    1. a variant of chi 2

    Word Origin and History for chi n.

    22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, representing a -kh- sound (see ch). The letter is shaped like an X, and so the Greek letter name was used figuratively to signify such a shape or arrangement (e.g. khiasma “two things placed crosswise;” khiastos “arranged diagonally; marked with an X;” khiazein “to mark with an ‘X’, to write the letter ‘X'”). Some dialects used chi to represent the -ks- sound properly belonging to xi; Latin picked this up and the sound value of chi in Latin-derived alphabets is now that of English X.

    qi n.

    “physical life force,” 1850, from Chinese qi “air, breath.”

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