chi
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chi
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).
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chi (plural chis)
- The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
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Etymology 2 edit
From the Mandarin 氣/气 (qì) from the Wade–Giles romanization: chʻi⁴, from Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH), from Old Chinese 氣 (OC *kʰɯds, “breath, vapor”). Compare modern Japanese 気 (ki), Korean 기(氣) (gi) and Vietnamese khí (氣).
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chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)
- (philosophy) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
- [1987, “ch'i”, in Encyclopedia Britannica[1], 15th edition, volume 3, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 186, column 3:
- Early Taoist philosophers and alchemists regarded ch'i as a vital force inhering in the breath and bodily fluids and developed techniques to alter and control the movement of ch'i within the body; their aim was to achieve physical longevity and spiritual power.]
- 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, Viking Press, page 196:
- He took several deep breaths, finding his chi as Butler had taught him.
- 2013 April 2, David Tanis, “Hurry Up, Spring”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 April 2013, Dining & Wine[3]:
- At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries.
Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.
- 2017 January 8, Leslie Hsu Oh, “I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth”, in The Washington Post[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 January 2017, Health & Science[5]:
- According to traditional Chinese medicine, blood carries chi, your “life force,” which fuels all the functions of the body. When you lose blood, you lose chi, and this causes your body to go into a state of yin (cold). When yin (cold) and yang (hot) are out of balance, your body will suffer physical disorders.
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Etymology 3 edit
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 尺 (chǐ). Doublet of chek.
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chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)
- The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
- (Mainland China) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as 1/3 of a meter.
- (Taiwan) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as 10/33 of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
- (Hong Kong) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
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- (traditional, mainland): Chinese foot
- (Taiwan): Taiwanese foot
- (Hong Kong): Hong Kong foot, chek
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- shaku, the equivalent Japanese unit
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chi (plural chis)
- Clipping of chihuahua.
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chi
Cornish edit
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- (Standard Cornish) chy
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From Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.
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chi m (plural chiow or treven)
- (Standard Written Form) house
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Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
chi | ji | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).
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chi m or f (plural chi's, diminutive chi'tje n)
- chi (letter of the Greek alphabet)
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- chi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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Particle edit
chi
- H-system spelling of ĉi
Garo edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ti(y), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”). Cognate with Atong (India) tyi (“water”), Kokborok twi (“water”).
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- chibatram
- chibima
- chibol
- chidari
- chidek
- chiga
- chigitok
- chiganduri
- chijima
- chiklok
- chimik
- chipek
- chirama
- chiret
- chiriking
References edit
- The Bodos in Assam: a socio-cultural study, year 2005-2006 (2007)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin quis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷos.
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chi
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin quī, from Old Latin quei, from Proto-Italic *kʷoi.
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chi
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).
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chi m or f (invariable)
- chi (Greek letter)
Further reading edit
chi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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chi
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chi
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- are chi (“in order that”)
- chi chawal (“in secret”)
- chi ik’ (“monthly”)
- chi jumul (“once again”)
- chi nojimal (“slowly; little by little”)
- chi saqil (“in the open; openly”)
- libaj chi (“early”)
- rajwaxik chi (“to be necessary to”)
- taqom chi kaj (“commanded from heaven; sent from heaven”)
- -umal chi (“because”)
- wuqoj chi paq (“bubble”)
- wuqüb chi wuqub (“7x7”)
References edit
- Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary
Kokborok edit
Numeral edit
chi
References edit
- Binoy Debbarma, Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary (2001)
Ladin edit
Etymology edit
From Latin quis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. Cognates include French qui and Italian chi.
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chi
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chi
- what?
References edit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[6], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Italian chi, from Latin quis.
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chi
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chi
- Nonstandard spelling of chī.
- Nonstandard spelling of chí.
- Nonstandard spelling of chǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of chì.
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- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
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Audio (Jersey) (file)
Adjective edit
chi m
- Alternative form of chièr
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chi
- he (expression of laughter)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).
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chi n (indeclinable)
- chi (Greek letter Χ, χ)
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Mandarin 氣/气 (qì), from Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH), from Old Chinese 氣 (OC *kʰɯds).
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chi n (indeclinable)
- (philosophy, pseudoscience) chi (fundamental life-force or energy)
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chi m (plural chis)
- (Portugal, colloquial) bear hug (any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug)
- Synonym: chi-coração
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chi m (plural chis)
- Alternative form of qi
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Etymology edit
From Latin quid, from Proto-Italic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.
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chi
- (Limba Sarda Comuna) that
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chi
Sassarese edit
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From a conflation of Latin quia, quod, and other conjunctions.
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chi
- that
- Li me' amigghi dìzini chi soggu simpàtiggu
- My friends say that I'm nice
- than
- Mégliu figlioru di la bonasorthi chi figlioru di re
- Better [to be] son of good luck than son of a king
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chi
- (relative) who, whom, which
- Lu giràniu, chi ha curori dibessi, dura umbè di tempu fioriddu
- Geraniums, which have various colors, stay in blossom for a long time
- (literally, “The geranium, which has different colors, lasts a lot of time in blossom”)
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chi (invariable)
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- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
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Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 支 (“branch; to spend”).
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chi
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- (Taxonomy) phân loại sinh học; vực (“domain”) / liên giới (“domain”), giới (“kingdom”), ngành (“phylum”), lớp (“class”), bộ (“order”), họ (“family”), chi (“genus”) / giống (“genus”) , loài (“species”) (Category: vi:Taxonomy)
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chi
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Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 肢.
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chi
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In everyday speech, limbs collectively are referred to as tay chân or chân tay, but there is no word for an individual limb, apart from the more specific tay (“arm”) and chân (“leg”).
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Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with gì (the form affected by lenition) and Muong Bi chi.
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- (Central Vietnam, literary elsewhere) what; whatever
- Synonym: gì
- Mi mần chi rứa?
- What are you doing over there?
- (Can we date this quote?), “Tình đến rồi đi [Love Comes and Goes]”, performed by Thu Thủy:
- Cuộc tình đến rồi đi. Buồn làm chi nhung nhớ làm gì.
- Love comes and goes. Why be sad? Why be tormented by it?
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- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) what for
- Làm vậy chi?
- What did you do that for?
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Welsh chwi, from Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Breton c’hwi, Cornish hwi, Old Irish síi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos.
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- chwi (literary)
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chi
- you (plural; polite)
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- In the singular, chi is a polite form like French vous or German Sie.
- Chi is a feature of most registers of Modern Welsh, whereas very literary Welsh employs chwi.
- In certain southwestern dialects, chi is used as the indefinite personal pronoun like English you.
Etymology 2 edit
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chi m
- aspirated form of ci
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Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
ci | gi | nghi | chi |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Etymology edit
Clipping of chemis (“pieces”).
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chi
- A small quantity
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- A chi of barach.
- A little barley.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 30
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzəy. Cognates include Burmese အစေ့ (a.ce.).
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tsji.
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chi
References edit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44