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Definition of chi noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

  1.  
    /kaɪ/
     
    /kaɪ/
     the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ)
  2. (also qi)
     
    /tʃiː/
     
    /tʃiː/
     [uncountable] (from Chinese) (in Chinese philosophy) the life force or flow of energy that is part of everything
    • Acupuncture restores the flow of chi through needle insertion at points on the body.
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