chi
noun
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
chi
1 American
[kahy]
/ kaɪ /
noun
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chis
plural
-
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
-
the consonant sound represented by this letter.
chi
2
American
[chee]
/ tʃi /
noun
Wade-Giles.
Chi
3
American
[chahy]
/ tʃaɪ /
noun
Ch'i
4
American
[chyee]
/ tʃji /
(Pinyin)
Qi
noun
chi
1
British
/ kaɪ /
noun
chi
2
British
/ tʃiː /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chi1
From Greek
Origin of Chi3
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Tai chi strengthens the lower-body and builds postural and core muscles — the body’s deep stabilizing muscles — though it does so gently, over time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Rather than focusing on explosive, fast-paced movements, tai chi is generally composed of slow, smooth, continuous movements staying within a modest range of motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s also a “gold standard” for balance training, says Ann Swanson, a tai chi instructor and author of three mindful movement books.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tai chi, a gentle form of exercise based on gentle movements and breathing techniques, is another option.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Thank you, Biddy. Have you ever seen anyone do tai chi before?”
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
“There was a real sense, I think, a year ago that maybe Santa Monica’s best days were behind it,” City Manager Oliver Chi said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Blanca Vanburian, who was doing a variation of Tai Chi on the lawn outside her apartment building, had several good questions, including one about whether the city could be trusted to maintain a new park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Lead author Dr. Chi Li, whose team's findings were published in Nature Photonics, said the achievement addresses a major obstacle in valleytronics research.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
In the author’s nursery, we learn, there were pictures of Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Ho Chi Minh, a frail figure in his mid-fifties, with a wispy gray goatee, stepped toward the microphone.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Like Quemoy 's 100,000-man garrison, Cheng Ch'i is a refugee from the China mainland having fled Kiangsi province in 1949 before the conquering Red tide.
From Time Magazine Archive
China this week celebrated a memorable anniversary: San Ch'i, "Triple Seven," or the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh year of resistance to Japan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here we entered a new magistracy, and it was necessary to send to Ch'ing Ch'i, the district headquarters, for a fresh relay of soldiers.
From A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia by Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
Not only Ch’i, but all the adjacent kingdoms were flooded; all sustained grievous damage except Ch’i, where the Page 207necessary precautions had been taken.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
Later on a one-legged bird was seen in the palace of the Prince of Ch’i walking up and down and hopping in front of the throne.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
I was given opportunity to present to our comparatively small public the freshly minted words, die, chis, and chim, as common gender pronouns, designed to avoid certain awkward situations frequently arising in English composition.
From Time Magazine Archive
How many? kwén-chis; how many people? ko-nái-ya; how many dollars? ko-nai chis ngun dolla; how much money have you? ko-nai te chin dolla.
From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by George Gibbs
She could well afford to, the chis muttered among themselves.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various
"Where," I asked, "are the Romany chals and the Romany chis?"
From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by A. Conan Doyle
Many of the chals and chis to be met with in “Lavengro” and “The Romany Rye” were transferred to the pages of those works from the East p. 71Anglian heaths and fairsteads.
From George Borrow in East Anglia by William A. (William Alfred) Dutt
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