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When people realized that "Nu variant" sounded like "New variant"

And Xi sounds like the Chinese leader.

The Greek letter pronounced more like Kai. But, yes, the anglicized written form of the Greek letter looks like the anglicized written form of the Chinese leader’s name. And I agree, I’m sure it was skipped in the interest of not being antagonistic.

It's not really pronounced Kai, it's Xi.

Ξύνω, Ξύστρα, Οξυγόνο, άνοιξε, ξένος, ξηρό, λέξη

It's pronounced ξι, exactly. "ξ".

Take it from a Greek ;)

IPA English pronunciation: “zai” or “ksai” [0]

0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_(letter)

“Kai” (chi / χ) is a different Greek letter than “ksai” (xi / ξ).

Fair, but it still doesn't sound like the Chinese name ("shee")

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