chi
chi — 名詞
- chisingular
- chisplural
1. the life energy that flows through every living thing, which in Chinese medicine
氣
人體內的生命能量
the life energy that flows through every living thing, which in Chinese medicine and practices like tai chi and qigong must be kept balanced for a person to stay healthy.
Naoko practices tai chi every morning to help her chi flow smoothly through her body.
Naoko 每天早上打太極拳，幫助體內的氣順暢流動。
collocation: chi flow / chi flows through
Kofi's acupuncture treatment is designed to restore the balance of his chi.
Kofi 的針灸療程旨在恢復他體內氣的平衡。
collocation: restore / balance chi
According to Chinese medicine, blocked chi can cause tiredness and illness.
根據中醫理論，氣滯可能會導致疲勞和疾病。
Gabriel feels that his chi is strongest when he meditates near the ocean.
Gabriel 覺得他在海邊冥想時，體內的氣最強。
Salma learned to direct her chi through breathing exercises at her qigong class.
Salma 在氣功課上學會了如何透過呼吸練習引導她的氣。
- qi
same concept; alternative romanisation from Mandarin, equally common in English
- life force
broader and less specifically tied to Chinese medicine
- vital energy
more formal register, used in academic or medical contexts
用法筆記
Uncountable in English — you cannot say 'a chi' or 'two chis'. Frequently appears with verbs relating to movement or balance: flow, circulate, direct, restore, block.
常見錯誤
2. in the Greek alphabet, the character that comes after phi and before psi (χ, Χ),
希臘字母χ
希臘字母表的第22個字母
in the Greek alphabet, the character that comes after phi and before psi (χ, Χ), widely used as a symbol in mathematics and science.
In statistics, the chi-squared test uses the Greek letter chi as its symbol.
在統計學中，卡方檢定使用希臘字母 χ 作為其符號。
term: chi-squared test (χ²)
Salma wrote a small chi on the blackboard during her geometry lesson.
Salma 在幾何課上在黑板上寫了一個小寫的 χ。
The Greek letter chi looks similar to the Latin letter X in its uppercase form.
大寫的希臘字母 χ 看起來與拉丁字母 X 很像。
Vikram used chi to represent an unknown angle in his physics equation.
Vikram 在物理方程式中用 χ 來表示未知角度。
During linguistics class, Henrik learned to distinguish chi from the Greek letter psi.
在語言學課上，Henrik 學會了區分希臘字母 χ 和 ψ。
- χ
the Greek letter itself used in written notation
用法筆記
In mathematical contexts chi is often pronounced /kaɪ/ (rhyming with 'sky'). When writing, the lowercase χ is distinct from the Latin x — note the rounded top and descender below the baseline.