chi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← phi		→ psi
Χ χ Ancient Greek: χεῖ
Wikipedia article on chi

Alternative forms

• khi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

chi (plural chis)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.

Translations

Greek letter

• Arabic: خي m (khii)
• Catalan: khi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西 (zh) (xī), 喜 (zh) (xǐ), 凱 (zh) (kǎi)

• Czech: chí
• Dutch: chi (nl) m, f
• Esperanto: ĥio
• Finnish: khii (fi)
• French: chi (fr) m
• German: Chi (de) n

• Greek: χι (el) n (chi)
• Interlingua: chi
• Japanese: キー (ja) (kī), カイ (ja) (kai), ヒ (ja) (hi)
• Korean: 키 (ko) (ki)
• Macedonian: хи (hi)
• Malay: khi
• Persian: خی (fa) (xi)
• Portuguese: qui (pt) m
• Russian: хи (ru) n (xi)

Etymology 2

See qi.

Alternative forms

• ki, qi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃiː/

Noun

chi (uncountable)

1. A form of psychic energy.
   • 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 196

     He took several deep breaths, finding his chi as Butler had taught him.

Translations

qi — see qi

Anagrams

• CIH, HCI, hic, ich, Ich, ICH

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Amuzgo

Noun

chi

1. grandfather

Adverb

chi

1. not

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Atsahuaca

Noun

chi

1. fire

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Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• che

Pronoun

chi

1. you

Pronoun

chi

1. my

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• chy

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃiː], [tʃəi]

Noun

chi m (plural chiow, treven)

1. house

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Esperanto

Particle

chi

1. H-system spelling of ĉi

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin quis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ki]

• Audio

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Pronoun

chi

1. (interrogative pronoun) who, whom
2. (interrogative pronoun) whoever

Etymology 2

From Latin qui.

Pronoun

chi

1. (relative pronoun) who, whom
2. (relative pronoun) whoever

Noun

Wikipedia ^it

chi m, f (invariable)

1. chi (Greek letter)

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Japanese

Romanization

chi

1. rōmaji reading of ち
2. rōmaji reading of チ

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Jèrriais

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

chi m (feminine chiéthe, masculine plural chis, feminine plural chiéthes)

1. Alternative form of chièr.

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Ladin

Pronoun

chi

1. who, whoever

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Mandarin

Romanization

chi

1. Nonstandard spelling of chī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chì.

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.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): /ṯɕi˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA^(key): /ṯɕɪj˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): /c̻ɪj˧˥/

Noun

chi

1. leg, limb
2. line of descent

Verb

chi

1. to spend (money), to pay out, to disburse

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [χiː]

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh chwi, from Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c'hwi, Cornish hwi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

Alternative forms

• chwi (literary)

Pronoun

chi

1. you (plural; polite)

Usage notes

Chi is primarily a feature of Colloquial Welsh. Literary Welsh uses chwi instead. In the singular, chi is a polite form like French vous or German Sie.

Etymology 2

Noun

chi m

1. aspirated form of ci

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ci	gi	nghi	chi