Qi

• Ch'i
• Chi

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 齊／齐 (Qí).

Qi

1. (historical) An ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
   • 2021 May 26, Keating, Jerome, “The Kinmen and Matsu challenge”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2021, Editorials‎:

     Chiseled into rock in Kinmen County’s Jinhu Township (金湖) are the Chinese characters for one of Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣介石) favorite memes. Translated they read: “Remember our days at Ju” (毋忘在莒), referencing the Warring States period when the armies of the state of Qi were forced to retreat to the city of Ju. Once there, they regrouped and returned to regain their lost territory.

2. A Chinese surname.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 祁 (Qí).

Qi

1. A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 淇 (Qí).

Qi

1. A county of Hebi, Henan, China.
   • [1980, Perry, Elizabeth J., “The Red Spears”, in Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945‎, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 164:

     Opposition to Yüeh’s regime was not limited to Ying-yang. In Ch’i County, located about 120 kilometers to the east, Red Spear resistance was even more pronounced. […] The richest county in Honan, Ch'i had a long history of tax resistance.]

   • 1985, Leeming, Frank, Rural China Today‎, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 95:

     Three communes in Qi county, also in the heart of the plain in north-eastern Henan, have a total of 334 joint-household enterprises involving 1771 households, 6.6% of all households (Ma Renping 1981a).

• IQ, i.q.