chí
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately, from Ancient Greek χι (khi).
Noun
chí n
- chi (Greek letter)
Irish
Alternative forms
- cíonn (West Kerry)
- do-chí, atchí (archaic)
- chíonn
- tchíonn, tíonn (Ulster)
Etymology
From Middle Irish do·cí, from Old Irish ad·cí (“see”). See feic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çiː/
Verb
chí
- Munster form of feiceann, the present indicative analytic of feic.
Usage notes
Independent form only; the dependent form is feiceann.
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- chi (nonstandard)
- ĉí (very rare shorthand)
Romanization
chí (chi2, Zhuyin ㄔˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倁.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匙.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坻.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墀.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岻.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弛.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 彽.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徥.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徲.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 持.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歭.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 池.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汦.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沯.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沺.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泜.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竾.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筂.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箈.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箎.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 篪.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耛.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芪.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茌.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茬.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荎.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莇.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛇.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誃.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謘.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謹.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貾.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赿.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趍.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踟.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踶.
- 迟, 遅, 遟, 遲: late, tardy; slow; delay
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍈.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 驠.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 驰.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㓾.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 尺.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 治.
Slovak
Etymology
Ultimately, from Ancient Greek χι (khi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxiː/
Noun
chí n
- (Greek letter) chi, khi
Further reading
- chí in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cɪj˦˥]
- Homophone: trí
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 志.
Noun
chí
- will; resolve; volition; determination
- Có chí thì nên.
- If you have resolve, then you will succeed.
Derived terms
- bản chí (intention)
- bất đắc chí (disgruntled)
- bền chí (perseverant)
- chí hướng (ambition)
- chí khí (resolve)
- chí nguyện (volunteer)
- chí nguyện quân (volunteer army)
- chí sĩ (idealist)
- chí thú (passionately)
- chủ nghĩa duy ý chí (voluntarism)
- có chí thì nên (if there's a will, there's a way)
- cố chí (determined to)
- duy ý chí (voluntarist)
- đắc chí (smug; content)
- đồng chí (comrade)
- gan chí mề (fearless)
- hứng chí (delighted)
- khoái chí (delighted)
- lập chí (to be resolved to)
- nản chí (to be discouraged)
- phẫn chí (frustrated)
- quyết chí (to be determined to)
- rủn chí (discouraged)
- thất chí (despondent)
- thích chí (comfortable)
- thiện chí (goodwill)
- thoái chí, thối chí (discouraged)
- thuyết duy ý chí (voluntarism)
- tu chí (self-improvement)
- viễn chí (milkwort)
- ý chí (willpower)
- ý chí luận (voluntarism)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *ciːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ciiʔ. Cognate with Muong chỉ,Bahnar si, Khasi ksi and Mon စဲ.
Alternative forms
- (Northern Vietnam) chấy (with diphthongization)
Noun
(classifier con) chí • (蛭)
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) head louse
- Có chí thì gãi.
- If you have head lice, then scratch (your head).
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 至.
Preposition
chí
- (rare as a standalone word, usually in compounds) to; until
Verb
chí
- (in compounds) to arrive; to reach
- (in compounds) most; extremely
Derived terms
- bấm chí (to pinch; argue)
- bấu chí (to pinch; fight)
- cấu chí (to pinch; pluck)
- chí chết (exhaustingly)
- chí choé (to argue noisily)
- chí cốt (intimate)
- chí công (highly just)
- chí công vô tư (most impartial)
- chí hiếu (filial)
- chí ít (at least)
- chí lí, chí lý (reasonable)
- chí phải (correct; right)
- chí thân (intimate)
- chí thiện (excellence; goodwill)
- chí thiết (intimate)
- chí tình (very genuine)
- chí tôn (most revered)
- chí tuyến (a tropic)
- chí tử (deadly)
- dĩ chí (even)
- đông chí (winter solstice)
- hạ chí (summer solstice)
- hoạ vô đơn chí (when it rains it pours)
- thậm cấp chí nguy (dangerously urgent)
- thậm chí (even)
- tự cổ chí kim (since the old days)
Etymology 4
Sino-Vietnamese word from 誌.
Noun
chí
- publication; record
Derived terms
- báo chí (press; print media)
- bi chí (epitaph)
- dư địa chí (local chronicle)
- địa chí (local chronicle)
- mộ chí (gravestone)
- tạp chí (journal)
- tiêu chí (criterion)