qi

See also QI, qī, qí, qǐ, and qì

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• chi
• ki

Etymology

From Chinese Mandarin trad. 氣, simpl. 气 (pinyin: qì).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃiː/

Noun

qi (countable and uncountable; plural qis)

1. (Chinese philosophy) The fundamental life force or energy.
   • 2003: Mallory Fromm, Qi Energy for Health and Healing: A Practical Guide to the Healing Principles of Life Energy

     And so he trained his qi, his breath, and his sense of timing, so that strength and size became irrelevant to his understanding of Aikido.

Translations

The fundamental life-force or energy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣 (cmn), 气 (cmn) (qì)

• Finnish: ki (fi)
• Hebrew: צ'י (he)
• Hungarian: csi (hu)
• Japanese: 気 (ja) (き, ki)

• Korean: 기 (ko) (gi) (氣 (ko))
• Macedonian: чи (mk) (či) n
• Russian: ци (ru) (ci) n, чи (ru) (či) n, ки (ru) (ki) n
• Serbo-Croatian: Чи (sh), Či (sh)
• Turkish: Çi (tr), Ki (tr)
• Vietnamese: khí (vi) (氣 (vi))

Anagrams

• IQ , i.q.

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Mandarin

Romanization

qi (form of qi0 or qi5)

1. See 荟
2. See 薷
3. See 氣

Romanization

qi

1. Nonstandard spelling of qī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of qí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of qǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of qì.

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.