Qi, meaning air, in traditional Chinese culture, is an active principle forming part of any living thing. Qi, QI or Q.I. may also refer to:

Arts and media

Television

* '' QI'' (''Quite Interesting''), a British BBC television programme **

Quite Interesting Limited Quite Interesting Limited is a British research company, most notable for providing the research for the British television panel game '' QI'' (itself an abbreviation of ''Quite Interesting'') and the Swedish version ''Intresseklubben'', as well ...

, a company that researches for the ''QI'' television series ** ''QI'' (Czech TV series), a Czech remake of the British BBC television programme ** ''QI'' (Dutch TV series), a Dutch remake of the British BBC television programme

Other media

* "Q.I" (song), a song by Mylène Farmer from ''Avant que l'ombre...'' * ''QI: The Quest for Intelligence'', a book by

Kevin Warwick Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954) is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done ...

People

Qi of Xia Qi () was a Chinese king, the son of Yu the Great and the second sovereign of the Xia dynasty. He ruled for roughly nine to ten years.戴逸, 龔書鐸. 002(2003) 中國通史. 史前夏商西周. Intelligence press. . p. 40. Biography ...

, the second king (reigned 2146–2117 BC) of the Xia Dynasty *

Hou Ji Hou Ji (or Houji; ) was a legendary Chinese culture hero credited with introducing millet to humanity during the time of the Xia dynasty.. Millet was the original staple grain of northern China, prior to the introduction of wheat. His name translat ...

, or Qi, an ancestor of the Chinese Zhou dynasty *

Qi (surname) Qi is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including 祁 (Qí), 齊/齐 (Qí), 戚 (Qī), 乞 (Qí), 奇 (Qí), 亓 (Qí) and 綦 (Qí). Qí (祁) surname Qi (祁, also commonly written as Chi, and Kei in Cantonese) is a Chinese sur ...

, several Chinese surnames

Places

Former states

Qi (Henan) Qi (, Old Chinese: ') was a minor feudal state in ancient China that existed from the beginning of the Shang Dynasty (16th century BCE) until the beginning of the Warring States period, c. 445 BCE. History The state of Qi was founded when the fi ...

(杞; 16th century–445 BC) in Henan, the rump state of the Xia dynasty in Henan under the Shang and Zhou * Qi (state) (齊; 1046–221 BC) in Shandong during the Zhou dynasty *

Qi Kingdom (Han dynasty) The Qi Kingdom ( zh, 齊國) was a kingdom that existed from the Chu–Han Contention period to late 2nd century BC, located in present-day Shandong and some surrounding areas. History The kingdom was established on the former territories of th ...

(齊; 206–110 BC) during the Han dynasty * Southern Qi Dynasty (齊; 479–502) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period *

Northern Qi Dynasty Qi, known as the Northern Qi (), Later Qi (後齊) or Gao Qi (高齊) in historiography, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It ruled the eastern part of northern China ...

(齊; 550–577) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period * Qi (881-884) (齊; 881–884), the short-lived realm of the agrarian rebel Huang Chao during the late Tang *

Qi (Li Maozhen's state) Qi () was a kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history. The kingdom, at its prime, covered parts of modern-day Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan provinces, but eventually shrank to only the immediate area around its ...

(岐; 907–924), during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period * Qi Dynasty (937-939) (齊; 937–939), the predecessor of the Southern Tang (937–976) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period * Qi (齊; 1130–1137), puppet state of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in Central China

Modern places

Qi County, Kaifeng Qi County or Qixian () is a county of Kaifeng, Henan, People's Republic of China, with an area of 1243 square km and a population of 1.05 million. History From Shang to Western Zhou, Qi County was the place of the State of Qi. In Qin Dynasty, Qi ...

(杞县), in Henan, China *

Qi County, Hebi Qi County or Qixian () is a county in the north of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the Hebi city. Qi County is the location of Zhaoge, the former capital of the Shang Dynasty The Shang dynasty (), also known as the ...

(淇县), in Henan, China *

Qi County, Shanxi Qi County, also known by its Chinese name Qixian, is a county in the central part of Shanxi Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jinzhong and has a population of approximately 265,310. The county is on ...

(祁县), in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China

Science and technology

Qi (standard) Qi (pronounced ; from the Chinese word 气 qi; traditional Chinese: 氣) is an open interface standard that defines wireless power transfer using inductive charging over distances of up to 4 cm (1.6 inches). It is developed by the Wireles ...

, a battery charging interface specification * Qi hardware, an open-hardware project *

ATCvet code QI See also * Immune sera and immunoglobulins for human use are in the ATC group J06. * Vaccines for human use are in the ATC group J07. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Atcvet Code Qi I ...

''Immunologicals'', a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System for veterinary medicinal products *

QueryInterface In computer programming, the IUnknown interface is the fundamental interface in the Component Object Model (COM). The COM specification mandates that COM objects must implement this interface. Furthermore, every other COM interface must be derived ...

, in Microsoft's COM software *

Quote Investigator Quote Investigator is a website that fact-checks the reported origins of widely circulated quotes. It was started in 2010 by Gregory F. Sullivan, a former Johns Hopkins University computer scientist who runs the site under the pseudonym Garson O'To ...

, a website dedicated to tracking down the origins of common quotations * Quality Improvement, a formal approach to the analysis of performance and to systematic efforts to improve performance; see

Quality Management Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service consistently functions well. It has four main components: quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement. Quality management is focused not ...

Other uses

* Qi Card, an Iraqi national credit card * Ibom Air (IATA designator QI) *

Qimonda Qimonda AG ( ) was a German memory company split out of Infineon Technologies (itself a spun off business unit of Siemens AG) on 1 May 2006 to form at the time the second largest DRAM company worldwide, according to the industry research firm ...

(NYSE stock symbol QI) *

Qualified immunity In the United States, qualified immunity is a legal principle that grants government officials performing discretionary (optional) functions immunity from civil suits unless the plaintiff shows that the official violated "clearly established statu ...

, a legal doctrine in United States federal law