"Chi" meaning in English

See Chi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: En-au-Chi.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 齊/齐 (Qí). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{m|cmn|齊|tr=Qí}} 齊/齐 (Qí) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chi
  1. (historical, dated) Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty Tags: dated, historical
    Sense id: en-Chi-en-name-QTx4J3VH
  2. A Chinese surname. Categories (place): Chicago
    Sense id: en-Chi-en-name-MQr8ftD- Disambiguation of Chicago: 10 12 27 7 26 19 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ʃaɪ/ Audio: En-au-Chi.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: Apocope of Chicago. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Chicago}} Chicago Head templates: {{en-prop}} Chi
  1. (slang) Chicago Tags: slang Categories (place): Chicago
    Sense id: en-Chi-en-name-D12YPSAx Disambiguation of Chicago: 10 12 27 7 26 19
  2. (slang) Chichester (city in England) Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Chi-en-name-P6QULskp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Proper name

Audio: En-au-Chi.ogg [Australia] Forms: Chis [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Chi (plural Chis)
  1. A male given name. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Categories (place): Chicago, City nicknames
    Sense id: en-Chi-en-name-yDfLNrGi Disambiguation of Chicago: 10 12 27 7 26 19 Disambiguation of City nicknames: 6 9 1 25 39 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

Audio: En-au-Chi.ogg [Australia] Forms: Chis [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Chi (plural Chis)
  1. (informal) Clipping of Chihuahua. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: Chihuahua Categories (place): Chicago Synonyms: Ch'i
    Sense id: en-Chi-en-noun-zaVOUVqG Disambiguation of Chicago: 10 12 27 7 26 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 6 1 1 26 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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