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qi
[ chee ]
/ tʃi /
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noun Pinyin.
(in traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy) the vital life force that flows through the body and is supposedly regulated by acupuncture.
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Also (Wade-Giles) chi .
Origin of qi
First recorded in 1845–55; from Chinese qì “breath, air, spirit, gas”
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