חי

Adjective

 * 1) alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively: - + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life, lifetime, maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
 * 2) living, live
 * 3) lively

Verb

 * 1) to live

Derived terms

 * (amphibian)
 * (bacteria)
 * (alien, extraterrestrial)

Related terms

 * , while חי can describe living in both senses, existence and residency, גר defines only the latter.