Etymograph

English

Qi

Qi comes from Mandarin 齊.

  1. Mandarinmodern齊Qí
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021Qi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern齊Qí
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021Qi

Earliest quotation: 2021, Jerome Keating, The Kinmen and Matsu challenge: “Chiseled into rock in Kinmen County’s Jinhu Township (金湖)…”

Another origin of Qi

  1. Mandarinmodern祁Qí
  2. EnglishtodayQi

Another origin of Qi

  1. Mandarinmodern淇Qí
  2. 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