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

Igbo

• Chi, 'God' in Igbo language

Japanese

• Chi (kana), a Japanese kana (hiragana ち, katakana チ)

Other

• Chi River, Thailand

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
• Celebes Health Institute

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
• Chicago Fire Soccer Club, a professional Major League Soccer (MLS) team based in Bridgeview, 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)