Chi

Definition: Chi

Chi

Noun

1. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "chi" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

CHI

CHI

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Assent

Phrase: avec plaisir; chi tace accousente; "the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers"; you bet your sweet ass it is; what are we waiting for? whenever you're ready; anytime you're ready.

Consent

Phrase: chi tace accousente.

Essay

Phrase: aut non tentaris aut perfice; chi non s'arrischia non guadagna.

Resolution

Phrase: spes sibi quisque; celui qui veut celui-la peut; chi non s'arrischia non guadagna; frangas non flectes; manu forti; tentanda via est.

Crosswords: Chi

Dutch (chi), Italian (such, telltale, which, who, whoever, whom), Welsh (you).

You wouldn't care if I humped the entire army as long as they were on the right side of the Ho Chi Minh trail (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein.)

I'm harnessing my chi. (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont)

No, I'm harnessing my chi. (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont)

Baby you got me like Joni had Cha Chi (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo)

I need a chick that practice Tai Chi (Hey Papi; performing artist: Jay-Z)

Of Gamma Chi (Hey Nineteen; performing artist: Steely Dan)

Yang chi (1974)

Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia? (1974)

Da xiao tong chi (1973)

Hai yuan chi hao (1973)

Chi l'ha vista morire (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Chi Cheung Investment Co. Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• CHI Energy, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Essence of Tai Chi Chuan: The Literary Tradition (reference)

• Step-By-Step Tai Chi (reference)

• Tai Chi Chuan: 24 and 48 Postures With Martial Applications (reference)

• The Healing Promise of Qi: Creating Extraordinary Wellness Through Qigong and Tai Chi (reference)

• The Inner Structure of Tai Chi: Tai Chi Chi Kung I (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Beta Kappa Chi Bulletin (reference)

• Chi (reference)

• Chi Plus (reference)

• Chinese Journal Of Mechanical Engineering = Chi Hsieh Kung Cheng Hsueh Pao (reference)

• Chung-Hua Min Kuo Tai-Wan Ti Chu Kung Yeh Sheng Chan Tung Chi Yueh Pao (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Tai Chi for Arthritis Part 2 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Chi Gong (reference)

• Jing Chi (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Chi Chi's Pro Chalenge (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Taigichuan (Tai Chi), a kind of slow-motion martial art, is regarded as a healthy exercise ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud..

Per Chi Ama La Vita, Nouve Abitudini In Amore. : Il Profilattico Non Ferma L'Amore, Ferma L'Aids. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Ho Chi Minh roasting the dove of peace. Credit: Library of Congress.

Yoo-Ka-Lucke, Johnny-Jump-Up. Eskimo / A. Zeese & Co., Chi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rain-In-The-Face. (Sioux Indian) / A. Zeese & Co., Chi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Alapha [i.e. Alpha] Kappa Chi House, Wellesley College, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chi Psi Fraternity House, Cornell University. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chinese technical experts (social welfare) in University of Maryland library where they are taking training course given by UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). From left: Pei-chien Sun, Chi Kuo, Rao-ku Cheng, and Chung-chang. Credit: Library of Congress.

Twentieth century transporation / E.S. Yates, des. Chi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Girl guerilla at Cu Chi, South Vietnam. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Traditional oriental medicine emphasizes the balance or disturbances of qi (pronounced chi) or vital energy in health and disease, respectively. (references)

Business

The refurbishment, under Japanese ODA for the Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, is a good example. (references)

Taiwan is an important Asian producer of ABS and PS. The Chi Mei Company in Taiwan is the most well known ABS supplier in Mainland China. (references)

The wave coverage and trading area of the Saigon Postel between now and the year 2000 was Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Dong Nai, and provinces southward. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

This is particularly the case in and around Ho Chi Minh City in the south. (references)

Vietnam

Hog production is concentrated in southern Vietnam, primarily surrounding Ho Chi Minh City. (references)

Vietnam

Administrative subdivisions: 57 provinces, 4 municipalities (Hai Phong, Da Nang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh). (references)

Human Rights

Vietnam

Rather than allow him to return to his previous residence, Ho Chi Minh City, authorities reportedly pressured him to register the isolated pagoda in Quang Ngai as his official permanent residence. (references)

Political Economy

Vietnam

American companies participate in the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham), which has offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. (references)

Vietnam

However, on at least four occasions, police in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) prevented demonstrators from camping out on a sidewalk to stage a sit-in, but on one occasion, they allowed a group of protesters to march down city streets for a 2-day period. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

A handful of the foreign banks have branches in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. (references)

Vietnam

No other U.S. banks have been issued branch licenses to operate in Ho Chi Minh City. (references)

Vietnam

U.S. exporters should make sure that Vietnamese banks opening L/C's are located in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

There are a number of international-standard educational options in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for children from pre-school through elementary. (references)

Worker Rights

Vietnam

While some have alleged that such laborers were recruited to construct the Ho Chi Minh Highway, the Government issued a decree in October 2000 that gave the force of law to its existing policy that all labor on this project must be voluntary and paid. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "chi": bus CHI ♦ Chi (ki) energy flow ♦ CHI bus ♦ chi distribution ♦ Chi Healing ♦ Chi Kung Empowerment ♦ Chi Kung Meditations ♦ Chi Lel ♦ Chi Nei Tsang ♦ Chi Nei Tsang II ♦ chi non s'arrischia non guadagna ♦ chi square distribution ♦ chi statistic ♦ chi tace accousente ♦ Chi Weight Lifting ♦ Cosmic energy chi kung ♦ Great Swimming Dragon ta'i chi form ♦ Ho Chi Minh ♦ Ho Chi Minh City ♦ Human Resources Chi Gong ♦ Iron Shirt Chi Kung ♦ Marrow Cleansing Chi Gong ♦ Quan Chi Chi Gong ♦ Quantum Leap Chi Gong therapy ♦ religion of CHI ♦ Tai Chi ♦ T'ai Chi Chih ♦ T'ai Chi Dao Yin ♦ Tan Tien Chi Kung ♦ Wisdom Chi Kung. Additional references.

Beginning with "chi": chi-chi, chi-chi-chitty, chi-dynamics, chi-h, chi-kung, chi-ming, chi-ree, Chi-rho, chi-ro, chi-square, Chi-Square, Chi-Square Distribution, chi-squared, chi-squared, chi-squares, chi-test, chi-uh, chi-yang.

Ending with "chi": boom-chi, boom-chi-boom-chi-boom-chi-boom-chi, chi-chi, T'ai-chi, Tai-chi.

Containing "chi": boom-chi-boom.

Chinese 

χ. (various references)

Danish

Chi-kvadratfordeling (chi square distribution), chi i anden test med henblik på uafhængighed (chi-square test for independence, Pearson's chi-square test for independence), chi i anden test med henblik på konvergens (chi-square test for goodness of fit), chi i anden test (chi-square test, chi-squared test), chi i anden goodness of fit test (chi-squared goodness of fit test), chi 3 (chi 3, third order susceptibility), susceptibilitet af tredje orden (chi 3, third order susceptibility), dannelsen af Chi-faserne begunstiges af tilstedevaerelsen af elektronacceptorer (the formation of the chi phases is promoted by elements, which readily absorb valency electrons). (various references)

Dutch

chi. (various references)

Finnish

khi-toiseen-jakauma (chi square distribution), khiineliötesti riippumattomuudelle (chi-square test for independence, Pearson's chi-square test for independence), khiin neliö-yhteensopivuustesti (chi-square test for goodness of fit, chi-squared goodness of fit test), khiin neliö-testi (chi-square test, chi-squared test). (various references)

French

chi 3 (chi 3), test du chi carré (chi-square test), test d'ajustement du chi-deux (chi-squared goodness of fit test), test d'ajustement du chi carré (chi-squared goodness of fit test), test d'ajustement du chi 2 (chi-squared goodness of fit test), susceptibilité du troisième ordre (chi 3), les phases chi sont favorisées par la présence d'éléments très avides en électrons (the formation of the chi phases is promoted by elements), distribution en chi2 (chi square distribution), distribution du chi carré (chi-square distribution). (various references)

German

Chi-Quadrat-Verteilung (chi square distribution), Chiquadratverteilung (chi-square distribution), Chi-Quadrat-Unabhängigkeitstest (chi-square test for independence, Pearson's chi-square test for independence), Chi-Quadrat-Test (chi-square test, chi-squared test), Chiquadrattest (chi-square test), Chiquadratprüfverfahren (chi-square test), Chi-Quadrat-Anpassungstest (chi-square test for goodness of fit, chi-squared goodness of fit test), Chi 3 (chi 3, third order susceptibility), Suszeptibilität dritter Ordnung (chi 3, third order susceptibility), Pearsonscher Chi-Quadrat-Unabhängigkeitstest (chi-square test for independence, Pearson's chi-square test for independence), die Bildung der Chi-Phasen wird beguenstigt durch die Anwesenheit von elektronengierigen Elementen (the formation of the chi phases is promoted by elements, which readily absorb valency electrons). (various references)

Greek 

chi 3 (chi 3, third order susceptibility), κατανομή κατά Χ στο τετράγωνο (chi square distribution), κατανομή του Χ2 του Pearson (chi-square distribution), στατιστικός έλεγχος του Χ2 (chi-square test), επιδεκτικότητα τρίτης τάξης (chi 3, third order susceptibility). (various references)

Italian

Chi 3 (chi 3, third order susceptibility), test chi quadro di conformit� (chi-squared goodness of fit test), distribuzione a chi al quadrato (chi square distribution), distribuzione del chi quadro (chi-square distribution), GWP (Gift With Purchase(Acquisto con dono).E'una strategia che consiste nel fare omaggio di un prodotto a chi compera un determinato artico-lo.), la formazione delle fasi chi è favorita dalla presenza di elementi avidi di elettroni (the formation of the chi phases is promoted by elements, which readily absorb valency electrons), test chi quadrato di conformit� (chi-square test for goodness of fit), test del chi-quadro (chi-square test, chi-squared test), test chi-quadrato (chi-square test, chi-squared test), test chi-quadrato per la bont� dell'adattamento (chi-square test for goodness of fit), test chi-quadro per la bont� dell'adattamento (chi-squared goodness of fit test), test chi-quadro per l'indipendenza (chi-square test for independence, Pearson's chi-square test for independence), test del chi quadro (chi-square test), test del chi-quadrato (chi-square test, chi-squared test), suscettibilit� del terzo ordine (chi 3, third order susceptibility). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'ドロ� シ類 (close call, fuse, fuse cock, HE, hearing, heuristic, Hewlett, Hewlett Packard, Hilbert, hill, hill climb, hillbilly music, Himalaya, Houston, HP, HR, human, human assessment, human document, human ecology, human engineering, human interest, human interface, human relations, humanism, humanist, humanistic, humanity, humanization, humanlike, humanoid, hut, hydrozoan, hypochondria, interview, listening comprehension, near miss, public hearing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�'ューマンインタフェース (human interface). (various references)

Korean 

카이. (various references)

Pig Latin

ichay.(various references)

Portuguese

teste do qui-quadrado (chi-square test), susceptibilidade de terceira ordem (chi 3, third order susceptibility), qui 3 (chi 3, third order susceptibility), distribuição do qui-quadrado (chi-square distribution), distribuição de qui-quadrado (chi square distribution). (various references)

Russian 

хи. (various references)

Spanish

chi 3 (chi 3, third order susceptibility), susceptibilidad de tercer orden (chi 3, third order susceptibility), prueba estadística de la bondad del ajuste (chi-square test for goodness of fit, chi-squared goodness of fit test), prueba estadística de independencia (chi-square test for independence, Pearson's chi-square test for independence), prueba de ji-cuadrado (chi-square test), distribución ji-cuadrado (chi-square distribution), distribución chi2 (chi square distribution). (various references)

Thai

พลังของชีวิต. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "chi": chia, chiao, chiaroscurist, chiaroscurists, chiaroscuro, chiaroscuros, chias, chiasm, chiasma, chiasmal, chiasmas, chiasmata, chiasmatic, chiasmi, chiasmic, chiasms, chiasmus, chiastic, chiaus, chiauses, chibouk, chibouks, chibouque, chibouques, chic, chicane, chicaned, chicaner, chicaneries, chicaners, chicanery, chicanes, chicaning, chicano, chicanos, chiccories, chiccory, chicer, chicest, chichi, chichis, chick, chickadee, chickadees, chickaree, chickarees, chickee, chickees, chicken, chickened, chickenhearted. (additional references)

Words ending with "chi": bronchi, chichi, elenchi, fiaschi, gnocchi, hibachi, kimchi, lichi, litchi, mariachi, penuchi, rhonchi. (additional references)

Words containing "chi": abrachia, abrachias, achier, achiest, achievable, achieve, achieved, achievement, achievements, achiever, achievers, achieves, achieving, achillea, achilleas, achiness, achinesses, aching, achingly, achiote, achiotes, amphibrachic, anarchic, anarchical, anarchically, anarchies, anarchism, anarchisms, anarchist, anarchistic, anarchists, antihierarchical, antilynching, antimonarchical, antimonarchist, antimonarchists, antipoaching, antirachitic, antischizophrenia, antischizophrenic, apparatchik, apparatchiki, apparatchiks, approaching, archduchies, archidiaconal, archiepiscopal, archiepiscopally, archiepiscopate, archiepiscopates, archil. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Chi" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achi, bche, bhi, cbi, cci, ccix, Ccmi, ceh, cehe, cei, cgi, ch, chai, chaio, chaiw, chax, che, chea, chee, chev, chex, Chey, chf, chhay, chho, Chhy, chia, chid, chie, chig, chih, chil, chim, chio, Ch'io, chiq, chir, Chis, chiu, chiv, Chix, Chiz, chk, chl, chn, choi, chov, chp, chr, chri, chs, chu, Chui, chuy, chw, chy, chym, cihg, cii, ciii, Cij, cli, clii, cmi, cnim, cohi, cpim, cri, cti, cvi, cvii, cwho, cxiv, cxix, Cyh, Gcho, hcb, Hce, hcha, hci, hco, hcu, Hhi, Kcsi, khe, Khi, khu, nch, Nhi, ochim, ohi, rhi, shchi, tch, Ucha, xci, xcvi, Zhi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hic, ich.

-1 letter: hi.

+1 letter: chia, chic, chid, chin, chip, chis, chit, hick, huic, ichs, inch, itch, lich, rich, wich.

+2 letters: aitch, birch, bitch, chain, chair, chiao, chias, chick, chico, chics, chide, chief, chiel, child, chile, chili, chill, chimb, chime, chimp, china, chine, chink, chino, chins, chips, chirk, chirm, chiro, chirp, chirr, chits, chive, chivy, choir, cinch, cuish, ditch, ethic, fiche, fichu, filch, finch, fitch, hemic, hicks, hitch, hoick, humic, ichor, itchy, laich, lichi, licht, miche, milch, niche, ohmic, pinch, pitch, stich, thick, vichy, which, winch, witch, zilch.