"chi" meaning in Vietnamese

See chi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [t͡ɕi˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [t͡ɕɪj˧˧] [Huế], [cɪj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-chi.wav Forms: [CJK]
Etymology: From Proto-Vietic *ciː (“what”). Cognate with gì (the form affected by lenition) and Muong Bi chi. Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*ciː||what}} Proto-Vietic *ciː (“what”), {{cog|mtq|-}} Muong Head templates: {{head|vi|adverb|||head=|tr=之}} chi • (之), {{vi-adv|之}} chi • (之)
  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) what for Tags: Central, Southern, Vietnam
    Sense id: en-chi-vi-adv-20Qa-ypa Categories (other): Central Vietnamese, Southern Vietnamese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕi˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [t͡ɕɪj˧˧] [Huế], [cɪj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-chi.wav
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 支 (“branch; to spend”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|支}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|支|branch; to spend}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 支 (“branch; to spend”) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} chi, {{vi-noun}} chi
  1. (taxonomy) genus Categories (topical): Taxonomy, Finance, Taxonomic ranks Synonyms: giống Derived forms: chi bộ, chi cục, chi đoàn, chi đội, chi hội, chi nhánh, chi uỷ Related terms: vực, liên giới, giới, ngành, lớp, bộ, họ, giống, loài
    Sense id: en-chi-vi-noun-snufSo6u Disambiguation of Finance: 4 54 27 0 14 Disambiguation of Taxonomic ranks: 97 3 Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese links with redundant wikilinks, Vietnamese pronouns Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 39 26 35 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 2 56 34 0 7 Disambiguation of Vietnamese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 70 20 0 8 Disambiguation of Vietnamese pronouns: 7 55 18 16 4 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕi˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [t͡ɕɪj˧˧] [Huế], [cɪj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-chi.wav
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 肢. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|肢}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|肢}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 肢 Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} chi, {{vi-noun}} chi
  1. (formal, anatomy, chiefly zoology) a limb Tags: formal Categories (topical): Anatomy, Zoology Derived forms: chi sau, chi trước, đầu óc ngu si, tứ chi phát triển
    Sense id: en-chi-vi-noun-mE8U-XI4 Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese words Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 39 26 35 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: [t͡ɕi˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [t͡ɕɪj˧˧] [Huế], [cɪj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-chi.wav Forms: [CJK]
Etymology: From Proto-Vietic *ciː (“what”). Cognate with gì (the form affected by lenition) and Muong Bi chi. Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*ciː||what}} Proto-Vietic *ciː (“what”), {{cog|mtq|-}} Muong Head templates: {{head|vi|pronoun|head=|tr=之}} chi • (之), {{vi-pronoun|之}} chi • (之)
  1. (Central Vietnam, literary elsewhere) what; whatever Tags: Central, Vietnam Synonyms: Derived forms: can chi, chi mô, chưa chi, hèn chi, hề chi, huống chi, không có chi, phải chi, phương chi
    Sense id: en-chi-vi-pron-DTiXvB6w Categories (other): Central Vietnamese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: [t͡ɕi˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [t͡ɕɪj˧˧] [Huế], [cɪj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-chi.wav
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 支 (“branch; to spend”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|支}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|支|branch; to spend}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 支 (“branch; to spend”) Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} chi, {{vi-verb}} chi
  1. to spend (money); to pay out; to disburse Derived forms: bội chi, chi dùng, chi phí, chi tiêu, chi trả, dự chi, tạm chi, thu chi
    Sense id: en-chi-vi-verb-EXyABKDf Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese words Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 39 26 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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          "word": "vực"
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        {
          "word": "liên giới"
        },
        {
          "word": "giới"
        },
        {
          "word": "ngành"
        },
        {
          "word": "lớp"
        },
        {
          "word": "bộ"
        },
        {
          "word": "họ"
        },
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          "word": "giống"
        },
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          "word": "loài"
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