the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet (Χ, χ), a consonant, transliterated as ch or rarely kh
chi in British English2
or ch'i or qi (tʃiː)
noun
(sometimes capital)
(in Oriental medicine, martial arts, etc) vital energy believed to circulate round the body in currents
Word origin
Chinese, literally: energy
chi in American English
(kaɪ; ki)
noun
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (Χ, χ)
Word origin
Gr
Examples of 'chi' in a sentence
chi
"TB asked him after he moved through a particularly contorted portion of the tai chi exercise.
Tony Daniel METAPLANETARY (2001)
Word lists with
chi
Greek
All related terms of 'chi'
Chi-lin
a province of NE China , in central Manchuria . Capital: Changchun . Pop: 27 040 000 (2003 est). Area: 187 000 sq km (72 930 sq miles)
t'ai chi
Tai Chi is a type of Chinese physical exercise in which you make slow , controlled movements .
chi kung
a system of breathing and exercise designed to benefit both physical and mental health
chi-square
an inferential statistic common in survey research
chichi
affectedly pretty or stylish
Ho Chi Minh
original name Nguyen That Tan . 1890–1969, Vietnamese statesman ; president of North Vietnam (1954–69). He headed the Vietminh (1941), which won independence for Vietnam from the French (1954)
Chilung
→ Keelung
Chinan
an industrial city in NE China , capital of Shandong province ; probably over 3000 years old. Pop: 2 654 000 (2005 est)
Lungki
a city in SE China , in S Fujian province on the Saikoe River. Pop 410 000 (2005 est)
chi-square test
a test derived from the chi-square distribution to compare the goodness of fit of theoretical and observed frequency distributions or to compare nominal data derived from unmatched groups of subjects
Ho Chi Minh City
a port in S Vietnam , 97 km (60 miles) from the South China Sea, on the Saigon River: captured by the French in 1859; merged with adjoining Cholon in 1932; capital of the former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1954 to 1976; university (1917); US headquarters during the Vietnam War . Pop: 5 030 000 (2005 est)
t'ai chi ch'uan
a Chinese system of callisthenics characterized by coordinated and rhythmic movements
chi-square distribution
a continuous single-parameter distribution derived as a special case of the gamma distribution and used esp to measure goodness of fit and to test hypotheses and obtain confidence intervals for the variance of a normally distributed variable