Chi (surname)

Chi (, pinyin: chí; Wade-Giles: Ch'ih²) is a Chinese surname.

Chi is also the McCune–Reischauer romanization of the Korean surname Ji (지) as well as the Wade–Giles romanization of Pinyin Ji, the pronunciation of several common Chinese surnames.

Notable people

• Chi Li, (池莉, born 1957) is a contemporary female Chinese writer based in Wuhan
• Chi In-jin (Korean: 지인진, Hanja: 池仁珍, born July 18, 1973, in Seoul) is a South Korean former boxer in the featherweight division
• Chi Zhongguo (Chinese: 池忠国; Korean: 지충국; RR: Ji Chung-guk) is a Chinese footballer of Korean descent
• Chi Wenyi (Chinese: 池文一; Korean: 지문일; born 18 February 1988 in Yanji, Yanbian) is a Chinese footballer of Korean descent
• Chi Zhiqiang (Chinese: 池志强; 16 November 1924 – 7 January 2020) was a Chinese pharmacologist and researcher at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
• Chi Biqing (Chinese: 池必卿) (1917–2007) was a People's Republic of China politician
• Chi Chunxue (Chinese: 池春雪; pinyin: Chí ChÅ«nxuě; born 1998) is a Chinese cross-country skier
• Michael Chi or Chi Yufeng (Chinese: 池宇峰; pinyin: Chí Yǔ Fēng; born 1971) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur, the founder and chairman of Perfect World Investment & Holding Group
• Chi Hyun-jung (池炫靜, Korean: 지현정; born December 6, 1971) is a South Korean former competitive figure skater
• Chi Minghua (Chinese: 池明华; born March 6, 1962) is a Chinese football coach and former international football player
• Yuejie Chi (池越洁), Chinese and American electrical and computer engineer
• Jing Chi, New Zealand professor of finance
• Maggie Chi, Canadian politician
• Zhenrui Chi, (池振睿, born 2009) is a Chinese racing driver

See also

• Reiko Ike, (æ±  玲子, Ike Reiko, born May 25, 1953, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, singer, and entertainer, born Ikeda Reiko (池田玲子)
• Ikeda (surname) (written: 池田)