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Chi (Chinese: 螭; pinyin: chī; Wade–Giles: ch'ih) means either "a hornless dragon" or "a mountain demon" (namely, chīmèi 螭魅) in Chinese mythology. Hornless dragons were a common motif in ancient Chinese art , and the chiwen 螭吻 (lit. "hornless-dragon mouth") was an imperial roof decoration in traditional Chinese architecture .
A QI Elves podcast, No Such Thing as a Fish, began on 8 March 2014. The title is taken from an entry into the Oxford Encyclopedia of Underwater Life (although in the opening theme of the first 41 episodes it is incorrectly referenced as the Oxford 'Dictionary' of Underwater Life), which was used on the show.
Chi (Japanese: ちぃ, Hepburn: Chii), "née" Elda (Japanese: エルダ, Hepburn: Eruda), is a fictional character in the manga series Chobits and its anime adaptation. Chi is a Chobit, a type of personal computer called a persocom that is far more technologically advanced than regular persocoms, and who are said to possess true machine intelligence rather than relying on software programs ...
In ancient times, some local forms of the Greek alphabet used the chi instead of xi to represent the /ks/ sound. This was borrowed into the early Latin language, which led to the use of the letter X for the same sound in Latin, and many modern languages that use the Latin alphabet .
How tai chi benefits mental and physical health. Whether you’re practicing in a park, a studio or community center, the slow and intentional movements and postures are easy to do and the ...
It is based on qi ("chi"), which practitioners say is a universal life force, although there is no empirical evidence that such a life force exists. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Reiki is used as an illustrative example of pseudoscience in scholarly texts and academic journal articles.
Uc Chi, José Domingo (1996). Leyendas y Tradiciones del Camino Real (in Spanish). Campeche: Secretaría de Educación, Cultura y Deporte; Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo; Programa para Abatir el Rezago en Educación Básica. Uc Colí, José Norberto (n.d.). "El duende alux "cuidador del Mayab" ". Tradiciones y Leyendas (in Spanish ...
In the US, a version has been sold since 1915 under the name chi chi sticks. It is also sometimes known as "The Oracle of Kuan Yin" in Buddhist traditions, a reference to the bodhisattva Guanyin . It is widely available in Thai temples , known using the Teochew dialect as siam si ( Thai : เซียมซี ).