chi

/kaɪ/ · noun

Meaning

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
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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