Chi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

English

Alternative forms

Ch'i

Etymology 1

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 齊 (Qí)

Proper noun

Chi

(historical, dated) Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
A Chinese surname.

Etymology 2

Apocope of Chihuahua.

Noun

Chi (plural Chis)

(informal) Chihuahua.

Etymology 3

Apocope of Chicago.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaɪ/
Homophone: shy

Proper noun

Chi

(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.

Anagrams

CIH, HCI, ICH, Ich, hic, ich

German

Noun

Chi n (genitive Chi or Chis, plural Chis)

chi (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of Chi

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Chi	die	Chis
genitive	eines	des	Chis	der	Chis
dative	einem	dem	Chi	den	Chis
accusative	ein	das	Chi	die	Chis

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