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Ki

noun
1.
The circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health.  Synonyms: ch'i, chi, qi.
2.
Goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru.






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"Ki" Quotes from Famous Books



... of whom her owner says that "in quaintness and individuality and in loving disposition she is unequalled" and is also "quite a 'woman of the world,' very blasee and also very punctilious in trifles;" Pearl of Cotehele, "bright red with beautiful back"; E-Wo Tu T'su; Berylune Tzu Hsi Chu; Ko-ki of Radbourne and ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 7, 1914 • Various

... said an aged Chinese Travelling Philosopher, for every man, sooner or later, to get back again to his own tea-cup. And Ling Ching Ki Hi Fum (for that was the name of the profound old gentleman who said it) was right. Travel may be "the conversion of money into mind,"—and happy the man who has turned much coin into that precious commodity,—but ...
— Atlantic Monthly Volume 7, No. 40, February, 1861 • Various

... Chipmunk came back and sat down, and his eyes followed Doctor Rabbit's eyes. Cheepy saw an animal such as he had never seen before. This animal looked somewhat like a dog, but Cheepy knew right away he was no dog. He was not quite so large as Ki-yi Coyote, and was of a reddish-brown color, with a large, bushy tail. The animal was walking along under the trees not far away, and did not even look in the direction of Doctor Rabbit and little ...
— Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox • Thomas Clark Hinkle

... the other. "Him's past dat! Ki! how fat he ar!" seizing the opossum, and beginning to ...
— Cudjo's Cave • J. T. Trowbridge

... what his breed or size or color, and his name will be Dennis, or Mud, I don't know which. But just as you said, Max, they are coming this way full tilt. Whew! sounds like there might be a round dozen in the bunch, and from a yapping ki-yi to a big Dane, with his heavy bark like the ...
— Afloat on the Flood • Lawrence J. Leslie

... cest estorie ont Ou oyront, oy luront, ou veront, Prient a Jhesu en deyte De Richard de Haldingham e de Lafford eyt pite Ki l'at fet e compasse Ke joie en ...
— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description - Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See • A. Hugh Fisher



Words linked to "Ki" :   People's Republic of China, Red China, PRC, china, mainland China, chi, Cathay, vim, Sumer, qi, energy, vitality, ch'i, Communist China, Semitic deity



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