Qi
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- //t͡ʃiː//
A Chinese surname.
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historicalAn ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty
Chiseled into rock in Kinmen County’s Jinhu Township (金湖) are the Chinese characters for one of Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣介石) favorite memes. Translated they read: “Remember our days at Ju” (毋忘在莒), referencing the Warring States period when the armies of the state of Qi were forced to retreat to the city of Ju. Once there, they regrouped and returned to regain their lost territory.
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A Chinese surname.
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 齊 /齐 (Qí).
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A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 祁 (Qí).
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A county of Hebi, Henan, China.
Opposition to Yüeh’s regime was not limited to Ying-yang. In Ch’i County, located about 120 kilometers to the east, Red Spear resistance was even more pronounced.[…]The richest county in Honan, Ch'i had a long history of tax resistance.
Three communes in Qi county, also in the heart of the plain in north-eastern Henan, have a total of 334 joint-household enterprises involving 1771 households, 6.6% of all households (Ma Renping 1981a).
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 淇 (Qí).