- 1氣(中醫、氣功用語);希臘字母 χ
Chi has two common uses. In Chinese philosophy and traditional medicine, chi (also spelled "qi") is the life energy believed to flow through everyone's body — you'll hear this word in things like tai chi or . Chi is also the name of a letter in the Greek alphabet, written as "χ" — you might meet it in math class, in something called a "chi-squared test."
From the word’s history
The letter: from Latin chī, from Greek χεῖ. The life force: borrowed from Mandarin 氣.
希臘字母 χ 的名稱;指「氣」時借自漢語的「氣」。
原始詞典資料15 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Chiname詞源 1/t͡ʃiː/
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datedhistoricalQi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
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A Chinese surname.
Chiname詞源 3/ʃaɪ/
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slangChicago
- I arrived in Chi quite early in the morning, got a room in the Y, and went to bed with a very few dollars in my pocket.
Chiname詞源 4/t͡ʃaɪ/
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slangChichester (city in England)
Chiname詞源 5
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A male given name.
Chiname詞源 6
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A surname from Chinese.
chinoun詞源 1/kaɪ/
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The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
chinoun詞源 2/t͡ʃiː/
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human-sciencesmysticismphilosophyA 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.
- He took several deep breaths, finding his chi as Butler had taught him.
chinoun詞源 3/t͡ʃə/
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The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
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The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as ¹/₃ of a meter.
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The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
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The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
- Chicago
- Chihuahua
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