Qi

See also: qi, QI, qǐ, qí, qì, and qī

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'i
• Chi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃiː/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 齊／齐 (Qí).

Proper noun

Qi

1. (historical) An ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
2. A Chinese surname.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 祁 (Qí).

Proper noun

Qi

1. A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祁 (zh) (Qí)

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Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 淇 (Qí).

Proper noun

Qi

1. A county of Hebi, Henan, China.
   • [1980, Elizabeth J. Perry, “The Red Spears”, in Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945‎^[1], Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 164:

     Opposition to Yüeh’s regime was not limited to Ying-yang. In Ch’i County, located about 120 kilometers to the east, Red Spear resistance was even more pronounced. […] The richest county in Honan, Ch'i had a long history of tax resistance.]

   • 1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today‎^[2], Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 95:

     Three communes in Qi county, also in the heart of the plain in north-eastern Henan, have a total of 334 joint-household enterprises involving 1771 households, 6.6% of all households (Ma Renping 1981a).

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淇 (zh) (Qí)

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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• IQ, i.q.