chi

Meaning

1. The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
2. A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
3. The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
4. The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter.
5. The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
6. The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
7. Clipping of chihuahua.
8. Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
9. A Chinese surname.
10. Clipping of Chihuahua.
11. Chicago
12. Chichester (city in England)
13. A male given name.
14. A surname from Chinese.
15. Abbreviation of Chicago.

Etymology / origin

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

Related words

Descendant words

• ki(Finnish) (cog)
• カイ(Japanese) (bor)
• ไค(Thai) (bor)

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