Chi
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
Chi has several meanings and pronounciations. Among them are:
- A common romanization for qi (traditional chinese: 氣, simplified chinese: 气, pin-yin: qi, Wade-Giles: ch'i), a fundamental concept of Chinese culture, meaning "air", but also a basic inert matter-particle, the building block, and the life force within everything. Chi is referred to in martial arts as well as Traditional Chinese medicine.
- a character in the name of the martial art T'ai Chi Ch'uan
- a Chi (Greek letter) letter of the Greek alphabet
- a traditional Chinese unit of length, defined in the twentieth century as one third of a metre
- an alternative spelling of Qi, the Taoist fifth force
- an Italian magazine (Chi means Who).
- Chi, Wade-Giles for the Pinyin Jì (冀), an abbreviation for the Chinese province of Hebei.
- Chi, Wade-Giles for the Pinyin Jí (吉), an abbreviation for the Chinese province of Jilin
- Chi (Chii), a character in the anime and manga Chobits.
- Chi, Chicago (Chi Town [pronounced "shy town"]) see also ORD
'CHI' is also an acronym for 'Computer-human interaction' (or Human-computer_interaction).
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