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Qi (disambiguation)

Qi (disambiguation)

Qi, meaning air, in traditional Chinese culture, is an active principle forming part of any living thing.

Qi, QI or Q.I. may also refer to:

Arts and media

Television

  • QI (Quite Interesting), a British BBC television programme Quite Interesting Limited, a company that researches for the QI television series

Other media

  • "Q.I" (song), a song by Mylène Farmer from Avant que l'ombre...

  • QI: The Quest for Intelligence, a book by Kevin Warwick

People

  • Qi/弃, also called Hou Ji/后稷, mother Jiang Yuan/姜嫄 (ancestor Tai/邰 Marquis), wife Shaohao/少昊's descendant, son Emperor Ku/喾

  • Qi/契, not knowing his dad, mom Emperor Yao's 3rd daughter Jiandi/简狄, born & living in Bo/亳 (Dalian/大连), Zhaoming/昭明 was not his son

  • Qi of Xia, the second king (reigned 2146–2117 BC) of the Xia Dynast

  • Qi (surname), several Chinese surnames

Places

Former states

  • Qi (state) (齐; 1122–221 BC) named by Zhou Wu/周武 King, Marquis, capital from Yingqiu/营丘 (Weifang) to Bogu/薄姑 to Linzi/临菑, lords' daughters such as Yi Jiang/邑姜 (mother of Song/诵 & Yu/虞, 1 of 10 courtiers of Zhou Wu King) & Xian/献 Queen (mother of Gongnie/宫涅)

  • Qi (state) (杞; 1122–445 BC), a state named by Zhou Wu/周武 King, Marquis

  • Southern Qi Dynasty (齊; 479–502) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period

  • Northern Qi Dynasty (齊; 550–577) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period

  • Qi (881-884) (齊; 881–884), the short-lived realm of the agrarian rebel Huang Chao during the late Tang

  • Qi (Five Dynasties) (岐; 907–924) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

  • Qi Dynasty (937-939) (齊; 937–939), the predecessor of the Southern Tang (937–976) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

  • Qi (1130–1137), a puppet state of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in Central China

Modern places

  • Qi County, Kaifeng, in Henan, China

  • Qi County, Hebi, in Henan, China

  • Qi County, Shanxi, in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China

Science and technology

  • Qi (standard), an interface specification published by the Wireless Power Consortium, used for charging batteries with electricity

  • Qi hardware, an open-hardware project

  • ATCvet code QI Immunologicals, a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System for veterinary medicinal products

  • QueryInterface, in Microsoft's COM software

  • Quote Investigator, a website dedicated to tracking down the origins of common quotations

  • Quality Improvement, a formal approach to the analysis of performance and to systematic efforts to improve performance; see Quality Management

Other uses

  • Qi Card, an Iraqi national credit card

  • Cimber Air (IATA designator QI)

  • Qimonda (NYSE stock symbol QI)

See also

  • KI (disambiguation)

  • Key (disambiguation)

  • Chi (disambiguation)

  • Qizhou (disambiguation)

References

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