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ki Synonyms & Antonyms

/kiː/

What Is Another Word for Ki?

Common synonyms for ki are Hong Kong foot, chek and Taiwanese foot.

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Ki as a Symbol

1

ISO 639-1 language code for Kikuyu.

Ki as a Noun

1

A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti.

2

Alternative form of key (a kilogram)

3

Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”).

4

Alternative form of chi.

5

Ti, a plant native to the Pacific islands and China, Cordyline fruticosa.

6

(naval slang) Cocoa (the drink).

7

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.

8

A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.

9

The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm.

Synonyms & similar words

Hong Kong footchekTaiwanese footChinese foot
10

(Mainland China) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as 1/3 of a meter.

Synonyms & similar words

Hong Kong footchekTaiwanese footChinese foot
11

(Taiwan) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as 10/33 of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.

Synonyms & similar words

Hong Kong footchekTaiwanese footChinese foot
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(Hong Kong) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.

Synonyms & similar words

Hong Kong footchekTaiwanese footChinese foot

Word Forms & Grammar

ki (countable and uncountable, plural kis)

ki (plural kis)

ki (uncountable)

Words That Rhyme With Ki

Origin of Ki

Origin 1: Borrowed from Hawaiian kī.

Origin 2: From dated romanizations of Mandarin 氣 / 气 (qì) without the k-q merger, or from Japanese 気 (ki), both ultimately from the same Middle Chinese origin.

Ki at a Glance

Part of speechsymbol, noun
Pronunciation/kiː/
MeaningISO 639-1 language code for Kikuyu
SynonymsHong Kong foot, chek and Taiwanese foot
Pluralkis