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"Energy", or vital life energy.

• 气 or 氣
• q is pronounced ch'
• Qi is the Pinyin spelling.
• Sometimes phonetically spelled "chi", which leads to some confusion (see chi).
• Unlike Ji, which literally means "ultimate".

• This is the Qi in Qigong

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• 极 or 極
• Literally means "ultimate"
• jí is the Pinyin spelling for "ultimate".
• Also phonetically spelled "chi", which leads to some confusion (see chi).
• Unlike Qi

• This is the ji in Taijiquan

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This is the phonetic English form of two Pinyin terms:

• Ji (极 or 極), which literally means "ultimate"

• Qi (气 or 氣), which means "energy", or vital life energy.

These two ideas are often confused because of this phonetic similarity.