chi
The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabetsThe twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
» Tom is practicing Tai Chi in the park.
Tom praktiziert im Park Tai-Chi. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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6 sensesThe twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
Chi
хиxi
хіxi
(uncountable, usually)A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
Qi, Ch'i, Ki
циci, чиči, киki
(uncountable, usually)The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
(Mainland China, uncountable, usually)The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter.
(Taiwan, uncountable, usually)The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
(Hong Kong, uncountable, usually)The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
Examples
23 sentencesTom is practicing Tai Chi in the park.
deTom praktiziert im Park Tai-Chi. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Sami did tai chi for six years.
Tom is doing tai chi in the park.
Tom is a Tai Chi practitioner.
Tom practices Tai Chi in the park.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî). From the Mandarin 氣／气 (qì) from the Wade–GFrom Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).
From the Mandarin 氣／气 (qì) from the Wade–Giles romanization: chʻi⁴, from Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH), from Old Chinese 氣 (OC *kʰɯds, “breath, vapor”). Compare modern Japanese 気(き) (ki), Korean 기(氣) (gi) and Vietnamese khí (氣).
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 尺 (chǐ). Doublet of chek.
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plural: chisSynonyms
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