chi
noun
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
chis
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pluralof chi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
