chi
1the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
the consonant sound represented by this letter.
Origin of chi
1Words Nearby chi
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Other definitions for Ch'i (4 of 4)
one of two dynasties that ruled in China a.d. 479–502 and, as the Northern Ch'i, a.d. 550–77.
- Also (Pinyin) Qi [chœ] /tʃœ/ .
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How to use chi in a sentence
chi's plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, acknowledged "at least 306" victims.
Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos | Jim Salter | August 25, 2021 | Ars Technicachi collected more than 620,000 private photos and 9,000 videos from an undetermined number of victims across the US, most of whom were young and female.
Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos | Jim Salter | August 25, 2021 | Ars TechnicaAccording to chi, he selected roughly 200 of these victims based on online requests.
Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos | Jim Salter | August 25, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThe wife and daughter were in stable condition after surgery, but chi had nothing on her brother.
Asleep in their beachfront condos, they vanished into a mountain of rubble | Lori Rozsa, Marc Fisher, Derek Hawkins, Silvia Foster-Frau | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostAny number of Lee’s sandwiches could have made this list, but I’m particularly fond of the ba chi and pâté combination.
Instead of a corsage, he brought me a plastic duck he'd stolen from a chi chi's restaurant.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Rednecks and Their Unjustly Unsung Kin | Allison Glock | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLocal food cultures are rising up everywhere, not just in yuppified suburbs and chi-chi cities.
One is on African primal religions, another on the tao of T'ai chi Ch'uan, another on the path to total rejuvenation.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou | John Ed Bradley | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy now I'm so overwrought with chi's and fu's and kong's and kung's that my eyes have about crossed.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou | John Ed Bradley | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTT'ai chi is internal and soft, versus karate, which is external and hard.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou | John Ed Bradley | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor he knew who had triggered those three today, who the chi torpedo the cops wanted was.
He began likewise to sing the little air, chi rende alla meschina; and was this, thought I, merely to ridicule me?
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoE chi ne assicura, che il Boccaccio non fosse nato nella sua villa di Corbignano quivi poco distante?
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward HuttonAll that region abounds in sweet, wild apples, from which the Indians concoct a fermented liquor which they call chi-chi.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyAt that moment Wu chi was being confronted by his wife, who stood before him in his inner chamber.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours | Ernest Bramah
British Dictionary definitions for chi (1 of 2)
/ (kaɪ) /
the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet (Χ, χ), a consonant, transliterated as ch or rarely kh
British Dictionary definitions for chi (2 of 2)
ch'i or qi
/ (tʃiː) /
(sometimes capital) (in Oriental medicine, martial arts, etc) vital energy believed to circulate round the body in currents
Origin of chi
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