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In traditional Chinese culture, qi or ch'i (simplified Chinese: 气; traditional Chinese: 氣; pinyin: qì qìⓘ) is believed to be a vital force forming part of any living entity.[1][2][page needed][3][page needed] Qi translates as "air" and figuratively as "material energy", "life force", or "energy flow".[4] Qi is the central underlying principle in Chinese traditional medicine and in Chinese martial arts. The practice of cultivating and balancing qi is called qigong.
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Believers of qi describe it as a vital energy, the flow of which must be balanced for health. Qi is a pseudoscientific, unverified concept,[4][5] which has never been directly observed, and is unrelated to the concept of energy used in science[6][7][8] (vital energy itself being an abandoned scientific notion).[9]