chi
noun
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
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chi
1 American
[kahy]
/ kaɪ /
noun
chis
plural
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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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I just do a little bit of tai chi and I play ping-pong with my wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
"I've tried antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, benzos, sleeping pills and stimulants, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy... tai chi, reiki, meditation, veganism, art therapy and music therapy," the former stand-up comedian said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Exercises which strengthen the muscles include yoga, lifting weights, tai chi, sit-ups, energetic gardening and carrying heavy shopping bags.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
You might be eligible for SilverSneakers, a program that has workouts like tai chi, Zumba and outdoor walking groups, as well as scores of live online classes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
I’d been doing tai chi since I was five.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
“The real way to get back to prosperity is we need the local economy to thrive again,” said Chi, the city manager.
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 Cuba, Vietnam and China, images of Fidel Castro, Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong have long been present in government buildings, schools and private businesses.
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
Spirit of the Blue Dragon Star, 146; and No-cha, 147; and Huang Fei-hu, 147; and Yang Chien, 147; overthrown by Ch’ên Ch’i, 148; kingdom of the Blue Dragon Star conferred on, 148 Thousand-li Eye.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Chien was Duke of Ch'i, a state bordering on Lu.
From The Sayings Of Confucius by Lyall, Leonard Arthur
Wên Chung was eventually driven back seventy li to Ch’i Hill.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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
She could well afford to, the chis muttered among themselves.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various
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 Dutt, William A. (William Alfred)
This last-mentioned fact is the more striking in view of the intense admiration often felt for the handsome chis by men who were not of the gipsy race.
From George Borrow in East Anglia by Dutt, William A. (William Alfred)
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 Gibbs, George
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