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
  • 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

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), a battery charging interface specification
• 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)
• Qualified immunity, a legal doctrine in United States federal law

See also

• KI (disambiguation)
• Key (disambiguation)
• Chi (disambiguation)
• Qizhou (disambiguation)