Chi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
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Etymology 1

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 齊 (Qí).

Proper noun

Chi

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

Noun

Chi (plural Chis)

  1. (informal) Clipping of Chihuahua.

Etymology 3

Apocope of Chicago.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophone: shy

Proper noun

Chi

  1. (slang) Chicago
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, OCLC 43419454:
      I arrived in Chi quite early in the morning, got a room in the Y, and went to bed with a very few dollars in my pocket.
  2. (slang) Chichester (city in England)
Synonyms

See Chi-Town.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
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Noun

Chi n (strong, genitive Chis or Chi, plural Chis)

  1. chi (Greek letter)

Declension
Declension of Chi [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Chi die Chis
genitive eines des Chis, Chi der Chis
dative einem dem Chi den Chis
accusative ein das Chi die Chis

Further reading
  • “Chi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Chi (Buchstabe)” in Duden online

Indonesian

Alternative forms
Variant spellings
  • (Hakka):
  • (Teochew, Hokkien):
  • (Cantonese):

Etymology

From Hakka 徐 (xú).

Proper noun

Chi

  1. a surname from Hakka

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien or 徐 (Chhî) or 錢／钱 (Chîⁿ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi/, [ˈt͡ʃi]

Proper noun

Chi

  1. a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 芝 or 枝.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chi

  1. a female given name from Chinese
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