chi

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Translingual

Symbol

chi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Chinese.

English

Etymology 1

From Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Alternative forms

• khi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

chi (plural chis)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chi distribution
• chi-square

Translations

Etymology 2

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/

Noun

chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)

2. (philosophy) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.

Alternative forms

• ch'i, ki
• qi (Hanyu Pinyin)

Related terms

• chi kung

Translations

See also

Etymology 3

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 尺 (chǐ). Doublet of chek.

Alternative forms

• chih, ch'ih

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə/

Noun

chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)

1. The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
2. (Mainland China) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter.
3. (Taiwan) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
4. (Hong Kong) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.

Synonyms

• (traditional, mainland): Chinese foot
• (Taiwan): Taiwanese foot
• (Hong Kong): Hong Kong foot, chek

Related terms

• shaku, the equivalent Japanese unit

Etymology 4

Noun

chi (plural chis)

1. Clipping of chihuahua.

See also

Anagrams

• CIH, HCI, ICH, IHC, Ich, hic, ich

Atsahuaca

Noun

chi

1. fire

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Standard Cornish) chy

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [tʃiː]

Noun

chi m (plural chiow or treven)

1. (Standard Written Form) house

Derived terms

Mutation

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xi/

Noun

chi m or f (plural chi's, diminutive chi'tje n)

1. chi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

• chi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Esperanto

Particle

chi

1. H-system spelling of ĉi

Garo

Alternative forms

• চি

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ti(y), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”). Cognate with Atong (India) tyi (“water”), Kokborok twi (“water”).

Noun

chi

1. water

Derived terms

• chibatram
• chibima
• chibol
• chidari
• chidek
• chiga
• chigitok
• chiganduri
• chijima
• chiklok
• chimik
• chipek
• chirama
• chiret
• chiriking

• chiring
• chisam
• chisikwilwilgipa
• chitingkilok
• kramchi
• mikchi

References

• The Bodos in Assam: a socio-cultural study, year 2005-2006 (2007)

Guerrero Amuzgo

Noun

chi

1. grandfather

Adverb

chi

1. not

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki/^*
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: chi

Etymology 1

From Latin quis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷos.

Pronoun

chi

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

Etymology 2

From Latin quī, from Old Latin quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi.

Pronoun

chi

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Noun

chi m or f (invariable)

1. chi (Greek letter)

Further reading

chi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

chi

1. The hiragana syllable ち (chi) or the katakana syllable チ (chi) in Hepburn romanization.

K'iche'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰiː/

Conjunction

chi

1. and
2. that
3. in

Related terms

• are chi (“in order that”)
• chi chawal (“in secret”)
• chi ik’ (“monthly”)
• chi jumul (“once again”)
• chi nojimal (“slowly; little by little”)
• chi saqil (“in the open; openly”)
• libaj chi (“early”)
• rajwaxik chi (“to be necessary to”)
• taqom chi kaj (“commanded from heaven; sent from heaven”)
• -umal chi (“because”)
• wuqoj chi paq (“bubble”)
• wuqüb chi wuqub (“7x7”)

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Kokborok

Numeral

chi

1. ten

References

• Binoy Debbarma, Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary (2001)

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin quis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. Cognates include French qui and Italian chi.

Pronoun

chi

1. who, whoever

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰi/

Pronoun

chi

1. what?

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[6], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian chi, from Latin quis.

Pronoun

chi

1. who

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

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norman

Pronunciation

Adjective

chi m

1. Alternative form of chièr

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: chi

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

chi

1. he (expression of laughter)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Noun

chi n (indeclinable)

1. chi (Greek letter Χ, χ)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Mandarin 氣／气 (qì), from Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH), from Old Chinese 氣 (OC *kʰɯds).

Noun

chi n (indeclinable)

1. (philosophy, pseudoscience) chi (fundamental life-force or energy)

Further reading

• chi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• chi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

chi m (plural chis)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) bear hug (any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug)

   Synonym: chi-coração

Noun

chi m (plural chis)

1. Alternative form of qi

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin quid, from Proto-Italic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki/

Conjunction

chi

1. (Limba Sarda Comuna) that

Pronoun

chi

1. (relative, Limba Sarda Comuna) who, whom, which (nominative and accusative case)

Sassarese

Etymology

From a conflation of Latin quia, quod, and other conjunctions.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki/

Conjunction

chi

1. that

2. than

Derived terms

• daghì

Related terms

• che

Pronoun

chi

1. (relative) who, whom, which

Adjective

chi (invariable)

1. Used in exclamations to indicate something remarkable; some, what a

   Chi festha! ― What a party!

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Spanish

Etymology

From sí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi/ [ˈt͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: chi

Particle

chi

1. (childish) Synonym of sí (yes)

   Antonym: ño

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 支 (“branch; to spend”).

Noun

chi

1. (taxonomy) genus

   Synonym: giống

Derived terms

Related terms

• (Taxonomy) phân loại sinh học; vực (“domain”) / liên giới (“domain”), giới (“kingdom”), ngành (“phylum”), lớp (“class”), bộ (“order”), họ (“family”), chi (“genus”) / giống (“genus”) , loài (“species”) ^{(Category: vi:Taxonomy)}

Verb

chi

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 肢.

Noun

chi

1. (formal, anatomy, chiefly zoology) a limb

Usage notes

In everyday speech, limbs collectively are referred to as tay chân or chân tay, but there is no word for an individual limb, apart from the more specific tay (“arm”) and chân (“leg”).

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Cognate with gì (the form affected by lenition) and Muong Bi chi.

Pronoun

chi • (之)

1. (Central Vietnam, literary elsewhere) what; whatever

   Synonym: gì

Derived terms

Adverb

chi • (之)

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) what for

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: ’chi

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

• In the singular, chi is a polite form like French vous or German Sie.
• Chi is a feature of most registers of Modern Welsh, whereas very literary Welsh employs chwi.
• In certain southwestern dialects, chi is used as the indefinite personal pronoun like English you.

Etymology 2

Noun

chi m

1. aspirated form of ci

Mutation

Yola

Etymology

Clipping of chemis (“pieces”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/

Noun

chi

1. A small quantity

   Synonym: smaddereen

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 30

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzəy. Cognates include Burmese အစေ့ (a.ce.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ci˧/

Noun

chi

1. seed

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tsji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ci˧˩/

Noun

chi

1. salt

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44