Chi

 

English Wikipedia has an article on:

state of Qi

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From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 齊／齐 (Qí).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Chi

1. (historical, dated) Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
2. A Chinese surname.

• Ch'i

Chi (plural Chis)

1. (informal) Clipping of Chihuahua.

Apocopic form of Chicago.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: shy

Chi

1. (slang) Chicago
   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:

     I arrived in Chi quite early in the morning, got a room in the Y, and went to bed with a very few dollars in my pocket.

See Chi-Town.

Apocopic form of Chichester.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: chai

Chi

1. (slang) Chichester (city in England)

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Chi (plural Chis)

1. A male given name.

• CIH, HCI, ICH, IHC, Ich, hic, ich

 

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Chi

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Chi n (strong, genitive Chis or Chi, plural Chis)

1. chi (Greek letter)

• “Chi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Chi (Buchstabe)” in Duden online

From Hakka 徐 (xú).

Chi

1. a surname from Hakka

Borrowed from Hokkien or 徐 (Chhî) or 錢／钱 (Chîⁿ).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi/ [ˈt͡ʃi]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsi/ [ˈt̪si]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: Chi

Chi (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Sino-Vietnamese word from 芝 or 枝.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɪj˧˧]

Chi

1. a female given name from Chinese