Qi (disambiguation)
Qi, meaning air, in traditional Chinese culture, is an active principle forming part of any living thing.
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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
- QI (Czech TV series), a Czech remake of the British BBC television programme
- QI (Dutch TV series), a Dutch remake of the British BBC television programme
- Intresseklubben, a Swedish remake of the British BBC television programme
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 of Xia, the second king (reigned 2146–2117 BC) of the Xia Dynasty
- Hou Ji, or Qi, an ancestor of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
- Qi (surname), several Chinese surnames
Places
Former states
- Qi (Henan) (杞; 16th century–445 BC) in Henan, the rump state of the Xia dynasty in Henan under the Shang and Zhou
- Qi (state) (齊; 1046–221 BC) in Shandong during the Zhou dynasty
- Qi Kingdom (Han dynasty) (齊; 206–110 BC) during the Han dynasty
- 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
- Quantized inertia (QI) previously known as the acronym MiHsC (Modified Inertia from a Hubble-scale Casimir effect), is a controversial theory of inertia
- 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)
- Qualified immunity, a legal doctrine in United States federal law
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