chi
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃi/
chi is spelled C-H-I (3 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chi is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bear hug (any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “antepenúltima letra do alfabeto grego (Χ, χ)”.
What does chi mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalcolloquialmasculinebear hug (any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of qi
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antepenúltima letra do alfabeto grego (Χ, χ) 2. abraço dado bem justo ao corpo com bastante carinho
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chi
- chis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chi?
- Brazil /ˈʃi/
- Portugal /ˈʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chi in Portuguese?
chi appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).