chi
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/kaɪ/
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Definitions
noun
- The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
noun
- A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
noun
- 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.
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Hong Kong footchekTaiwanese footChinese footrhokappachecenturysquaredmwimongwisdomrcswhocheecsikatscn