What is "ch'i"

Usage examples of "ch'i".

From time to time he would bark an order into his lip mike and one of the chi ch'i would pause momentarily, listening, then respond with a brief nod.

At the same time some of the chi ch'i straightened up and looked about blindly, as if suddenly aware that something was going on.

Then, as if coming to himself again, he stood up and began to run toward the elevator, skirting the unseeing chi ch'i and their carts.

His half-brothers, Li Yun-Ti and Li Ch'i Chun, stood beside him, all three of Li Yuan's uncles dressed in the same calf-length powder-blue surcoats.

Wang turned quickly, facing her, twice her weight and a full ch'i taller.

Too young, perhaps, to understand the essence of things—the place of Li and Ch'i in this great world of ours, the fine balance that exists between the shaping force and the passive substance.

As the ship set down it flashed a brief verification signal, then, following new instructions, it loosened its grip on the rock and launched itself but into the dust-filled air, struggling against the powerful winds, making its way down toward the air lock, eighty ch'i below.

Beneath his feet was a thick, richly woven rug that would have carpeted three rooms in his own apartment, while to his right, only a ch'i or so from where he stood .