chi

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see also: Chi, CHI

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaɪ/

Noun

chi (plural chis)

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

Translations

• French: chi
• German: Chi
• Portuguese: qui
• Russian: хи
• Spanish: ji

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃiː/

Noun

chi (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.

Translations

• French: qi
• German: Qi, Ch'i, Ki
• Portuguese: qi, chi
• Russian: ци

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃə/

Noun

chi (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• (traditional) Chinese foot
• (Taiwan) Taiwanese foot
• (Hong Kong) Hong Kong foot, chek

Related terms

• shaku, the equivalent Japanese unit

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Chi

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Proper noun

1. (historic, dated) Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
2. Surname

Noun

chi (plural chis)

1. (informal) chihuahua#English|Chihuahua.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃaɪ/

Proper noun

1. (slang) Chicago
   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, p. 13:

     I arrived in Chi quite early in the morning, got a room in the Y, and went to bed with a very few dollars in my pocket.

Synonyms

See Chi-Town.

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CHI

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Proper noun

1. (sports) Abbreviation of Chicago#English|Chicago.

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