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In a Brighton chemistry class, Teacher Dang Pham lectures about the dac, the long and the khi before discussing the concepts of solid, liquid and gas in English.

From Time Magazine Archive

The world's ultimate pragmatist just shrugs and says: "NhUng gi minh mong it khi nao no jcay ra. Nhung gi minh khong muon thi no lai cti den."

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Next morning from the first early call of "Liong tsong khi lai," "All, all, up come," not one word of their native tongue did they speak.

From The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

X in power, coincided with the Greek xi; in place, with the Greek khi.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The word khi, sometimes substituted for yao in these compound names, means "vases"; as Jou-khi, "vases of Jou-tcheou"; Kouan-khi, "vases for Magistrates."

From Some Chinese Ghosts by Hearn, Lafcadio