Chi
Chi has several meanings and pronunciations. Among them are:
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- A common romanization for qi (traditional chinese: 氣, simplified chinese: 气, pin-yin: qi, Wade-Giles: ch'i), a fundamental concept of Chinese culture, meaning "air", but also a basic inert matter-particle, the building block, and the life force within everything. Chi is referred to in martial arts as well as Traditional Chinese medicine.
- a character in the name of the martial art T'ai Chi Ch'uan
- a letter of the Greek alphabet
- a traditional Chinese unit of length, defined in the twentieth century as one third of a metre
- an alternative spelling of Qi or Ki, the Taoist fifth force.
- an Italian magazine (Chi means Who).
- Chi, Wade-Giles for the Pinyin Jì (冀), an abbreviation for the Chinese province of Hebei.
- Chi, Wade-Giles for the Pinyin Jí (吉), an abbreviation for the Chinese province of Jilin.
- Chi, Chicago (Chi Town ) see also ORD
- A character in the anime and manga Chobits.
'CHI' is also an acronym for 'Computer-human interaction' (or Human-computer interaction). In addition, it is also the acronym for the largest Human-Computer interaction academic conference in the world. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-computer_interaction#Academic_conferences
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