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Chi.

Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/t͡ʃiː/
  1. Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty

    dated · historical
  2. A Chinese surname.

Where this word comes from

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 齊 /齐 (Qí).

name/ʃaɪ/
  1. Chicago

    slang
Where this word comes from

Apocopic form of Chicago.

name/t͡ʃaɪ/
  1. Chichester (city in England)

    slang
Where this word comes from

Apocopic form of Chichester.

name
  1. A male given name.

name
  1. A surname from Chinese.

Where this word comes from

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 姞 (Jí), sometimes derived from 女 (“woman, matriarchal clan marker”) + 吉 (jí, “lucky”). Doublet of Ji.

noun
  1. Clipping of Chihuahua.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal
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