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chi

/kaɪ/ /tʃiː/ /tʃə/

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noun

Xi, 卡伊

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.

Examples :

"In Greek alphabet exercises, the symbol that looks like an "X" represents the letter chi. "

在希腊字母练习中，看起来像“X”的符号代表字母“希”(Xi, 卡伊)。

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气，精气。

A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.

Examples :

"Doing Tai Chi exercises every morning helps me cultivate my chi and feel more energized throughout the day. "

每天早上练习太极拳有助于我培养气，让我一整天都感觉更有活力。

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尺, 市尺

The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.

Examples :

"The carpenter measured the table's length in chi, carefully converting it to meters later for the European customer. "

木匠用尺量了桌子的长度，后来又仔细地把它换算成米，以便给欧洲客户使用。

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尺

(Mainland China) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as 1/3 of a meter.

Examples :

"The schoolyard was approximately 20 chi long. "

这个操场大约有二十尺长。

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尺 (chǐ)，台尺

(Taiwan) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as 10/33 of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.

Examples :

"The carpenter measured the wood to be three chi long before cutting it for the new bookshelf. "

木匠量了一下木頭，有三台尺長，然後才把它切開準備做新的書架。

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呎 (chek)

(Hong Kong) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.

Examples :

"The carpenter measured the room to be ten chi long, meaning it was about 3.7 meters in length. "

木匠量度房間長度為十呎，也就是大約3.7米長。