According to the way of playing the Chi, according to the wooden figurines made at the Yangjiawan Han Tomb in Changsha and the portraits of the Yuanhe and Zhanghejian (83-87 AD) in Wuyang, South Shandong Province, when playing, the palms of the hands may be turned inward and the body of the Chi is placed. Between the thumb and the index finger, the blow hole and the sound hole are upward at 180°, the left hand's food, middle, and ring fingers press holes 1, 2, and 3, respectively, and the middle and index fingers of the right hand press holes 4, 5.

The performance of the chi can be seen from the sound measurement results of the imitation of the chi in the tomb of Zeng Houyi. Using the simplest fingering method, 6 tones can be played, that is, a complete pentatonic scale plus a changed tone. According to literature records, the Chi in Song and Ming Dynasties used the half-hole fingering method to blow the entire twelve laws. Whether the Chi before Song Dynasty used the half-hole fingering method is still difficult to determine because there is no conclusive proof.