chi

¹

[ kahy ]

noun

, plural chis.

1. the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

chi

²

[ chee ]

noun

, Wade-Giles.

1. qi ( def ).

Chi

³

[ chahy ]

noun

1. Chicago.

Ch'i

⁴

[ chyee ]

noun

1. one of two dynasties that ruled in China a.d. 479–502 and, as the Northern Ch'i, a.d. 550–77.

chi

¹

/ tʃiː /

noun

1. sometimes capital (in Oriental medicine, martial arts, etc) vital energy believed to circulate round the body in currents

chi

²

/ kaɪ /

noun

1. the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet (Χ, χ), a consonant, transliterated as ch or rarely kh

Word History and Origins

Origin of chi¹

From Greek

Origin of chi²

By shortening

Word History and Origins

Origin of chi¹

Chinese, literally: energy

Example Sentences

Instead of a corsage, he brought me a plastic duck he'd stolen from a Chi Chi's restaurant.

From The Daily Beast

Local food cultures are rising up everywhere, not just in yuppified suburbs and chi-chi cities.

From The Daily Beast

One is on African primal religions, another on the tao of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, another on the path to total rejuvenation.

From The Daily Beast

By now I'm so overwrought with chi's and fu's and kong's and kung's that my eyes have about crossed.

From The Daily Beast

T'ai Chi is internal and soft, versus karate, which is external and hard.

From The Daily Beast

For he knew who had triggered those three today, who the Chi torpedo the cops wanted was.

From Project Gutenberg

He began likewise to sing the little air, Chi rende alla meschina; and was this, thought I, merely to ridicule me?

From Project Gutenberg

E chi ne assicura, che il Boccaccio non fosse nato nella sua villa di Corbignano quivi poco distante?

From Project Gutenberg

All that region abounds in sweet, wild apples, from which the Indians concoct a fermented liquor which they call chi-chi.

From Project Gutenberg

At that moment Wu Chi was being confronted by his wife, who stood before him in his inner chamber.

From Project Gutenberg