ch'ih

Noun (1)

chi (plural chis)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.

Noun (2)

chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)

1. (usually) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
   • Early Taoist philosophers and alchemists regarded ch'i as a vital force inhering in the breath and bodily fluids and developed techniques to alter and control the movement of ch'i within the body; their aim was to achieve physical longevity and spiritual power.[1987, “ch'i”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, volume 3, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 186, column 3

Noun (3)

chi (usually uncountable, plural chis)

1. (usually) The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.

   Synonyms:

   Chinese foot

2. (Mainland-China, usually) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter.
3. (Taiwan, usually) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
4. (Hong-Kong, usually) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.

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