CHI
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Chi is the word most used to represent the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
In that context it is pronounced with a k sound.
Chi is also a representation of a concept in Chinese philosophy that is sometimes spelled qi and is pronounced with a ch sound.
People who practice meditation and other Eastern disciplines use chi to describe the life force or energy that they believe permeates the universe.
Vital life energy
- life forceAnimating vital energy
- vital energyAnimating force within
- pranaVital breath energy
- meridianPole-to-pole great circle
acupuncture · flow · balance · cultivation · qigong · blockage · healing · traditional medicine
qi
Vital life energy
- life forceAnimating vital energy
- vital energyAnimating force within
- pranaVital breath energy
meridian · acupuncture · flow · balance · cultivation · qigong · blockage · healing · traditional medicine · martial arts
Windy City
Chicago's famous moniker
- IllinoisMidwestern state, sixth-largest
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- BullsChicago basketball franchise
deep dish · lakefront · O'Hare · Midwest · urban · skyline · architecture · jazz · blues · abbreviation
chai
Spiced milk tea
beverage · milk · cardamom · ginger · cinnamon · cloves · black tea · brewing · street vendor · warm
CHIstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
depletion · lifelessness · death · exhaustion · emptiness
CHImaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
mechanism · reductionism · physicalism · biomechanics · atomism
- tai chiSlow Chinese martial practice
- Kim ChiFermented Korean vegetable dish
- t'ai chiSlow Chinese martial art
- Ho Chi MinhVietnamese nationalist leader
- Ho Chi Minh TrailWartime supply route through jungle
- Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam's southern economic center