Discussion QI. Chi or ki

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When you read wuxias and other stuff with QI you read it as:

  1. KI

  2. Chi

  3. Other?

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  1. grish99

    grish99 [Pelican Hater] [Hater of Face-Slapping]

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    I just watch some YT vide and there was a comment that say ,,Finally someone who can propely pronounce Qi" (the account was propably chines) and i got realy curious how people pronounce Qi
     
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    the way it sounds might be qi, but the way it's pronounced is chi.
     
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    oliver Well-Known Member

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    Chi. Isnt it pretty easy just thinking of tai chi? That's always how i pronounce it
     
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    MangoGuy Rambling Mango

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    People called it ki, chi and chy so I dunno.
     
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    KTL Down horrendous

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    They all pronounced the same way. Just different spellings due to how different languages do things
     
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    AwwGasm Knows some things.

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    Qi is basically a short and sharp chi.
     
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    Xane Well-Known Member

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    It's all "ch", isn't it?
     
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    Omnicast Well-Known Member

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    Qichiki! :blobhero:
     
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    Ananya Top lvl Gokiburi Buster

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    First I read breaker and veritas in that it was 'Ki', then much later I got into Xianxias where it's 'Qi', later I got to know it's pronounced as 'Chi' when I was going through phonetics.

    I have a question though, what is the difference b/w 'Internal Energy' and 'Qi'?
     
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    Lokumi 『The second greatest trash of society』

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    In wuxia internal energy is ki , in xianxia qi is more like mana present everywhere. Though these are just generalization and depending on the story it can change
     
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    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

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    So it isn't Kwidian, it is Chidian?
     
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    Ananya Top lvl Gokiburi Buster

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    Have u read 'Legend of the Great Saint'? Initally he has only internal energy then he converts that into 'Qi' becoming a 'Qi' warrior. It's not clear to me the differences b/w the two.
     
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    PotatoZero Well-known Potato

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    Aren't Ki the Japanese version of the same thing?
     
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    I think all these energy are just a branch of the same one!
     
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    Westeller Smokin' Sexy Style!! Staff Member

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    I haven't read the novel, but it's possible that "internal energy" is just referring to the body's kinetic energy, whereas Qi is the typical mystical mumbo jumbo the author half makes up as he goes along. So you can think of it as initially just using the power - the physical power - of the body in a somewhat mystical way, then later adding in the more... spiritual.. energy, Qi, to transcend the limits of humanity. Hard to say for sure without actually reading the novel.

    It's important to remember that there is no real standard for what 'Qi' actually is. Every author makes it up as they go. Therefore, you really have to rely on the novel itself to figure these things out.
     
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    There are different systems that you can use to Romanize Chinese. Pinyin is the most used today, but in the past, Wade-Giles was the most popular system. Under Wade, 氣 (traditional) or 气 (simplified) is written as chi. In Pinyin, it's written as qi. The Q sound in pinyin is kind of hard to describe. It's like an "sh" and "ch" mixed together. It also varies by dialect. It's also pronounced differently in Japan (ki) and Korea (gi).
     
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    I read Qi and Ki as Ki.
    I read Chi as Chi.

    I don't really care what is the correct way of reading it, I read in the way that is more convenient to me. I'm pretty sure I read most character names wrong anyway~
     
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    Qi is Chinese, Ki is japanese, Chi is Wades-Giles.
     
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    While 'chi' is the normally accepted romanization for that pronunciation, the actual sound is more like 'tschi' (my best attempt at it) which sounds lighter than how might normally say 'chi'. That's why the 'q' is used in standrad pinyin.
     
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    Isn't it pronounce like both "Ki" and "Chi"? Like the meeting of two pronunciations. So it sounds like Ki and also Chi at the same time. Like a mixed breed of both?
    I mean producing thr sound from the back of the mouth like "Ki" but making the sound more like "Chi"?
    (I'm not sure about it, hence the question marks. That was what I thought it was pronounced)
     
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