Chi or CHI may refer to:

Greek

Chi (letter) Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; el, χῖ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. Greek Pronunciation Ancient Greek Its value in Ancient Greek was an aspirated velar stop (in the Western Greek alphabet: /ks/). Koine Greek In Koine Gree ...

, the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ);

Chinese

* ''Chi'' (length) (尺), a traditional unit of length, about ⅓ meter *

Chi (mythology) ''Chi'' () means either "a hornless dragon" or "a mountain demon" (namely, ) in Chinese mythology. Hornless dragons were a common motif in ancient Chinese art, and the ''chiwen'' (lit. "hornless-dragon mouth") was an imperial roof decoration in ...

(螭), a dragon *

Chi (surname) Chi (, pinyin: ''chí'') is a Chinese surname. It is also Romanized "Chi" (지) in Korean. Chi is also the Wade–Giles romanization of Ji, the pronunciation of several common Chinese surnames. Notable People *Chi Li, (池莉, born 1957) is a co ...

(池, pinyin: ''chí'') * ''Ch'i'' or ''qi'' (氣), "energy force" *

Chinese language Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the wor ...

(ISO 639-2 code "chi") *

Ji (surname) Ji is the pinyin romanization of a number of distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different characters in Chinese. Depending on the character, it may be spelled Jī, Jí, Jǐ, or Jì when tone diacritics are used. In Wade–Giles they ar ...

, various surnames written Chi in Wade–Giles

Arts and entertainment

* ''Chi'' (2013 film), a Canadian documentary * ''Chi'' (2019 film), a Burmese drama *'' Chi: Chikyū no Undō ni Tsuite'', a manga series by Uoto *''

The Chi ''The Chi'' ( ) is an American drama television series created by Lena Waithe about life in a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The pilot was directed by Rick Famuyiwa. It premiered on Showtime on January 7, 2018. In August 2021, afte ...

'', an American drama series created by Lena Waithe for Showtime * Chi (''Chobits''), a character in ''Chobits'' media *

Sailor Chi A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

, a villain in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga *Chi, a character in ''

Chi's Sweet Home is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kanata Konami. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Morning'' from 2004 to 2015, with its chapters collected in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. The ...

'' media *"Chi", a song by Korn from ''

Life Is Peachy ''Life Is Peachy'' is the second studio album by American nu metal band Korn. It was released on October 15, 1996, through both Immortal Records and Epic Records. After the release of Korn's 1994 self-titled debut album, the band reunited with ...

Science and mathematics

Chi Chi or CHI may refer to: Greek *Chi (letter), the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ); Chinese *Chi (length), ''Chi'' (length) (尺), a traditional unit of length, about ⅓ meter *Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon *Chi (surname) (池, pin ...

, the hyperbolic cosine integral *A symbol for

electronegativity Electronegativity, symbolized as , is the tendency for an atom of a given chemical element to attract shared electrons (or electron density) when forming a chemical bond. An atom's electronegativity is affected by both its atomic number and the d ...

People

Chi Cheng (musician) Chi Ling Dai Cheng (July 15, 1970 – April 13, 2013) was an American musician and poet, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the American alternative metal band Deftones. He joined the band in 1990, and stayed with them until his c ...

(1970–2013), American musician *

Chi McBride Kenneth "Chi" McBride ( ; born September 23, 1961) is an American actor. He has appeared in films, where he is known primarily as a character actor, and in television, where he has had numerous starring roles. In film, he has played prominent ro ...

(born 1961), American actor *

Chi Onwurah Chinyelu Susan Onwurah (born 12 April 1965) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central since 2010. She was shadow minister for Industrial Strategy, Science and Innovation u ...

(born 1965), British politician

Other uses

* ''Chi'' (kana), (hiragana ち, katakana チ) * Chi, a person's guardian spirit in the

Odinani Ọdinani (), also ''Omenala'', ''Omenana'', ''Odinana'' or ''Ọmenani'', are the traditional cultural beliefs and practices of the Igbo people of south east Nigeria.Afulezy, Uj"On Odinani, the Igbo Religion", ''Niger Delta Congress'', Nigeri ...

beliefs of the Igbo people of Nigeria *

Chi River The Chi River (, , ) is the longest river flowing wholly within Thailand. It is long but carries less water than the second longest river, the Mun. The name of the river is "Mae Si" () in the Isan and Lao languages of the region, being translite ...

, Thailand *an abbreviation for

Chichester Chichester () is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is the only ci ...

, England * ''Chi'' (magazine), an Italian magazine *

Chi (instrument) Chi is an ancient center-blown transverse flute with closed ends and front finger holes. Later it was followed by dizi. References Chinese musical instruments Flutes Side-blown flutes Bamboo flutes {{Flute-stub ...

a Chinese flute *

Chingford railway station Chingford is a railway station located in Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, east London, operated by London Overground since 31 May 2015. It is one of three northern termini of the Lea Valley lines, down the line from London L ...