chi

Meanings

Plural: chis

Noun

• the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
• The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
• A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
• The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
• The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter.
• The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
• The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
• Clipping of chihuahua.

Synonyms

ch'i, chek, Chinese foot, Hong Kong foot, khi, ki, qi, Taiwanese foot

Related Words

alpha, beta, chi chi, chi chi man, chi ko pek, chi kung, chi-chi, chi-ike, delta, epsilon, eta, ether, gamma, huna, iota, kappa, lambda, life force, mu, nu, omega, omicron, orgone, phi, pi, prana, psi, qigong, rho, shaku, sigma, tai chi, tai chi chuan, tai-chi, tau, the equivalent Japanese unit, theta, upsilon, xi, zeta