chi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

English

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

khi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chi (plural chis)

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

Translations

Greek letter

Arabic: خِي‎‎ m (ḵī)
Catalan: khi (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西 (zh) (xī), 喜 (zh) (xǐ), 凱 (zh) (kǎi)
Czech: chí
Dutch: chi (nl) m, f
Esperanto: ĥio
Finnish: khii (fi)
French: chi (fr) m
German: Chi (de) n
Greek: χι (el) n (chi)
Hebrew: כִי‎‎ (he) f (chi)
Interlingua: chi

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)
Portuguese: qui (pt) m
Russian: хи (ru) n (xi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хи

Latin: hi (sh)
Slovak: chí n
Spanish: ji (es) f

Etymology 2

From former romanizations of Mandarin Chinese 氣／气 (qì), from Middle Chinese 氣 (kʰjɨ̀j), from Old Chinese 氣 (*C.qʰəp-s, “breath, vapor”)

Alternative forms

ki, qi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃiː/

Noun

chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)

(philosophy) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc. related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
- 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 196
  He took several deep breaths, finding his chi as Butler had taught him.

Related terms

positive orgone radiation
prana
life force
ether
huna

Translations

the fundamental life-force or energy

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

Dungan: чи (či)

Hakka: 氣, 气 (hi)

Mandarin: 氣 (zh), 气 (zh) (qì)

Min Dong: 氣, 气 (ké)

Min Nan: 氣 (zh-min-nan), 气 (khì, khùi)

Wu: 氣, 气 (qi)
Esperanto: ĉi (eo)
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 (ko) (gi) (氣 (ko))
Macedonian: чи n (či)
Persian: چی‎‎ (fa) (či)
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

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 尺 (chǐ)

Alternative forms

chih, ch'ih

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃə/

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

Anagrams

CIH, HCI, ICH, Ich, hic, ich

Atsahuaca

Noun

chi

fire

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

che

Etymology 1

Pronoun

chi

you

Etymology 2

Pronoun

chi

my

Cornish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chi m (plural chiow or treven)

Alternative form of chy

Mutation

Mutation of chi

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
chi	ji	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Esperanto

Particle

chi

H-system spelling of ĉi

Garo

Noun

chi

water

References

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

Guerrero Amuzgo

Noun

chi

grandfather

Adverb

chi

not

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [k̟i]
Audio (file)

Etymology 1

From Latin quis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷos.

Pronoun

chi

(interrogative pronoun) who, whom
(interrogative pronoun) whoever

Etymology 2

From Latin quī, from Old Latin quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi.

Pronoun

chi

(relative pronoun) who, whom
(relative pronoun) whoever

Noun

chi m, f (invariable)

chi (Greek letter)

Japanese

Romanization

chi

Rōmaji transcription of ち
Rōmaji transcription of チ

Ladin

Pronoun

chi

who, whoever

Mandarin

Romanization

chi

Nonstandard spelling of chī.
Nonstandard spelling of chí.
Nonstandard spelling of chǐ.
Nonstandard spelling of chì.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norman

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Adjective

chi m

Alternative form of chièr

Portuguese

Noun

chi m (plural chis)

Alternative form of qi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 支 (“branch; to spend”).

Noun

chi

(taxonomy) genus

Derived terms

Terms derived from chi

chi bộ
chi cục

chi đoàn
chi đội

chi nhánh
chi uỷ

Verb

chi

to spend (money); to pay out; to disburse

Derived terms

Terms derived from chi

chi tiêu

thu chi

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 肢.

Noun

chi

(anatomy) limb

Derived terms

Terms derived from chi

đầu óc ngu si, tứ chi phát triển

Etymology 3

Cognate with Muong chi.

Pronoun

chi

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, literary elsewhere) Synonym of gì
Mi mần chi rứa?
Whatcha doing over there?

(Can we date this quote?) “Tình đến rồi đi [Love Comes and Goes]”, performed by Thu Thủy:
Cuộc tình đến rồi đi. Buồn làm chi nhung nhớ làm gì.
Love comes and goes. Why be sad? Why be tormented by it?

Adverb

chi

(Southern Vietnam) what for

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /χiː/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh chwi, from Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c’hwi, Cornish hwi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

Alternative forms

chwi (literary)

Pronoun

chi

you (plural; polite)

Usage notes

Chi is primarily a feature of Colloquial Welsh. Literary Welsh uses chwi instead. In the singular, chi is a polite form like French vous or German Sie.

Etymology 2

Noun

chi m

aspirated form of ci

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ci	gi	nghi	chi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yola

Noun

chi

A small quantity

References

J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)

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