Chi
From Open Encyclopedia
Chi has several meanings and pronunciations. Among them are:
- A common romanization for qi (traditional chinese: 氣, simplified chinese: 气, pin-yin: qi, Wade-Giles: ch'i), a fundamental concept of Chinese culture, meaning "air", but also a basic inert matter-particle, the building block, and the life force within everything. Chi is referred to in martial arts as well as Traditional Chinese medicine.
- a character in the name of the martial art T'ai Chi Ch'uan
- The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
- a traditional Chinese unit of length, defined in the twentieth century as one third of a metre
- an alternative spelling of Qi or Ki, the Taoist fifth force.
- an Italian magazine (Chi means Who).
- Chi, Wade-Giles for the Pinyin Jì (冀), an abbreviation for the Chinese province of Hebei.
- Chi, Wade-Giles for the Pinyin Jí (吉), an abbreviation for the Chinese province of Jilin.
- Collaborative human interpreter
- Chi, Chicago (Chi Town [pronounced "chi town" as in the tea]) see also ORD
- a character in the anime and manga Chobits.
- a Chi is a deity in Igbo mythology.
- Camp Chi is a Jewish summer camp in Wisconsin.
- Chi is also a slang term used to describe Chinese food
- In engineering, CHI is also an acronym for 'Computer-human interaction' (or Human-computer interaction) frequently symbolized by the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
In addition, it is also the acronym for the largest Human-Computer interaction academic conference in the world. See [1]
de:Chi (Begriffsklärung)
