Chi
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Chi may refer to:
Greek
- Chi (letter), the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ);
Chinese
- Ch'i or qi (氣), "energy force" in Chinese culture
- Chi (length) (尺), a traditional Chinese unit of length ("Chinese foot"), approximately ⅓ of a meter
- Chi (surname), Chinese surnames
- Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon in Chinese mythology
Japanese
- Chi (kana), a Japanese kana (hirigana ち, katakana チ)
Other
- Chi River, Thailand
- Chi, a god in Igbo mythology
In science
- Named after the Greek letter:
- Chi distribution, in mathematics
- Chi-squared distribution, in mathematics
- Chi site, a DNA sequence that serves as a recombination hot spot
- A symbol for electronegativity
- Creatinine height ratio, a metric used in determining body composition
- Hyperbolic cosine integral
In fiction and popular culture
- Chi (magazine), an Italian magazine
- Chi (Chobits), a character in Chobits media
- Chi, a character in Chi's Sweet Home media
- Sailor Chi, a villain in the Sailor Moon manga
- "Chi", a song by Korn from Life Is Peachy
- Chi (film), a Canadian documentary film
Codes and initialisms
CHI may stand for:
- Chile, "CHI" is the IOC code and FIFA code for the country, although "CHL" is the ISO three letter code
- Carvill Hurricane Index, a measure of hurricane damage potential
- Catholic Health Initiatives, a faith-based, non-profit health system
- Channel Islands (Chapman code: CHI)
- Chichester, England, is known as Chi by local people in West Sussex
- Chingford railway station, railway station code
- Child Health International, a UK-based charity for children's health (especially Cystic Fibrosis) in poor countries
- Columbia Helicopters, an American aircraft manufacturer
- Commission for Health Improvement, a former non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom
- Computer-human interaction or human-computer interaction, the study of the interaction of computers and people
- CHI (conference), an annual conference on computer-human interaction
- CHI, a secret society at Longwood University
- CHI, the IATA code for all Chicago airports
- CHI, the Amtrak code for Chicago Union Station
- Canada Health Infoway, a not-for-profit organization engaged in the development of a pan-Canadian electronic health record (EHR) system
- Community Health Index (Scotland), a system of patient identification used in Scottish public healthcare
- Closed head injury
- Compulsory health insurance
Sports
- Chicago Bears, a professional National Football League (NFL) team based in Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago Blackhawks, a professional National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago Bulls, a professional National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Chicago, Illinois
People with the given name
- Chi Cheng (musician) (1970-2013), American musician
- Chi McBride (born 1961), American actor
- Chi Onwurah (born 1965), British Labour Party Politician
See also
- Chicago, known as Chi-Town
- Qi (disambiguation)