English
Qi
Qi comes from Mandarin 齊.
- Mandarinmodern齊Qí
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Qi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern齊Qí
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Qi
Earliest quotation: 2021, Jerome Keating, The Kinmen and Matsu challenge: “Chiseled into rock in Kinmen County’s Jinhu Township (金湖)…”
Every English word from Mandarin 齊
Another origin of Qi
- Mandarinmodern祁Qí
- EnglishtodayQi
Another origin of Qi
- Mandarinmodern淇Qí
- EnglishtodayQi
Today it means
name An ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 齊 / Qi