Meaning and Origin
What does the name Chi mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Chi
User Submitted Origins
Vietnamese
69%
Chinese
27%
African
4%
User Submitted Meanings
- 2 people from Vietnam agree the name Chi is of Vietnamese origin and means "branch".
- A submission from New Mexico, U.S. says the name Chi means "blood" and is of Japanese origin.
- According to a user from China, the name Chi is of Chinese origin and means "Relax".
International Interest
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Other Dictionary Sources
- The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
- The circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
Wiktionary
From Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).
- The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
From former romanizations of Mandarin Chinese 氣／气 (qì), from Middle Chinese 氣 (kʰjɨ̀j), from Old Chinese 氣 (*C.qʰəp-s, “breath, vapor”)
- (philosophy) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc. related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 尺 (chǐ)
- The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.
- (Mainland China) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as 1/3 of a meter.
- (Taiwan) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as 10/33 of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
- (Hong Kong) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
chi was also found in the following language(s): Atsahuaca, Chickasaw, Cornish, Esperanto, Garo, Guerrero Amuzgo, Italian, Japanese, Ladin, Mandarin, Norman, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Welsh, and Yola