chi
part of speech
noun (chi — the Greek letter; chi or qi — Chinese idea); (Mandarin, pinyin) chī, "to eat"
meaning for a pupil
1) The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, written χ, said "kye" (rhymes with "sky"). tree →
2) (Chinese tradition) Also spelled qi: in Chinese belief, a life energy said to flow through the body and nature, used in tai chi, kung fu and traditional medicine. tree →
3) (Mandarin, pinyin) chī means "to eat", as in chī fàn, "eat a meal". It sounds like "chir" to an English ear and is not an English word. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Westcott's note, Chi is the Hebrew word for "living" or "life," and Chiim is its plural. It appears in the divine name El Chai, "the Living God." Interpretation: Tradition calls God the Living God, the source of all life. Westcott also reads the plural Elohim Chiim as "living ones," which is his own reading and not the usual one. In the primary lessons: In maths and science the Greek letter χ appears in statistics (the chi-squared test). In PE and culture lessons, tai chi is a slow exercise from China. In Mandarin on the street, "chī fàn le ma?" means "Have you eaten?", a friendly greeting. Phrases: "tai chi", "chi-squared".
examples
- Chiim, is the plural of Chi — living, or life. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- AL ChI H OULMIM; ''the Living God of Ages," here the word God really is in the singular. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Grandma does tai chi in the park every morning. tree →
- Chi is the Greek letter that looks like an x. tree →
- Some people believe chi flows through the body. tree →
- In Mandarin, chī means "to eat". tree →
- My friend said "chī fàn le ma?" to his grandad. tree →
- Scientists say there is no proof that chi exists as a real energy. tree →
note
Pronounced "kye" for the Greek letter and "chee" for the Chinese energy (qi). "Qi" is the official pinyin spelling of the energy word. Saying "chi" is a belief in Chinese tradition, not a scientific fact. The Greek χ is not the English letter x.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «chi» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.