Chi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Proper noun

Chi

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

Alternative forms

• Ch'i

Etymology 2

Noun

Chi (plural Chis)

1. (informal) Clipping of Chihuahua.

Etymology 3

Apocopic form of Chicago.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

See Chi-Town.

Etymology 4

Apocopic form of Chichester.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Chi

1. (slang) Chichester (city in England)

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Chi (plural Chis)

1. A male given name.

Anagrams

• CIH, HCI, ICH, IHC, Ich, hic, ich

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. chi (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of Chi [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Chi	die	Chis
genitive	eines	des	Chis, Chi	der	Chis
dative	einem	dem	Chi	den	Chis
accusative	ein	das	Chi	die	Chis

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Variant spellings

• (Hakka):
  • Hsu
  • Djie
  • Tjhie
• (Teochew, Hokkien):
  • Che
  • Swee
  • Shui
• (Cantonese):
  • Tsui

Etymology

From Hakka 徐 (xú).

Proper noun

Chi

1. a surname from Hakka

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Chi (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 芝 or 枝.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Chi

1. a female given name from Chinese