Ji
WordNet
noun
(1) A clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia
WiktionaryText
Noun
Noun
ji (hangul: 지; hanja: 篪)
- an ancient bamboo flute with five finger holes; used in aak
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Adjective
Pinyin syllable
ji
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, jī, jí, jǐ, or jì.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.