Pronunciation and etymology The logograph is read with two Chinese pronunciations, the usual qì "air; vital energy" and the rare archaic xì "to present food" (later disambiguated with ). Hackett Publishing Company, Philip J. Ivanhoe, and Bryan W. Van Norden theorize that the word qi possibly came from a term that referred to "the mist that arose from heated sacrificial offerings".
pronunciation and etymology the logograph is read with two chinese pronunciations the usual qì "air; vital energy" and the rare archaic xì "to present food" (later disambiguated with ) hackett publishing company philip j ivanhoe and bryan w van norden theorize that the word qi possibly came from a term that referred to "the mist that arose from heated sacrificial offerings"