What does 'chee' mean in the following quote? I read a very interesting book called 'China in War and Revolution' about the period from 1900-1949 in China. I am curious about the meaning of the word 'chee' in the passage below. I don't speak Chinese (at all) and the author doesn't give the character in any case, sorry.


  After the Japanese were defeated and the civil war was under way the
  CCP faced the possibility of counter-revolution. At least in some
  areas, in spite of all attempts to soften rural elite opposition over
  the preceding years, landlords greeted early discussions of coalition
  government and a return of the Guomindang with glee. One landlord told
  one of his workers. “Heh! Still pressing us to pay grain tax. Fuck
  you. Chee! The Guomindang armies will be here in a minute. Gonna cut
  your little prick off! Chee!"


Edit: the quote is cited to ... where it appears exactly as Zarrow rendered it, still saying 'Chee'. In Esherick's article, it's cited to Guanyu Yangjiagou de tudi wenti, 1946.

I googled this title and it comes up with Yangjiagou de tudi wcnti” (On the land problem in Yangjiagou, 9 August 1946, Mizhi Archives, permanent juan 4.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ib-sEZzxkb4C&amp;pg=PA84&amp;lpg=PA84&amp;dq=Guanyu+Yangjiagou+de+tudi+wenti,+1946&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=9EQWEzteqt&amp;sig=sS0e_s--cl8xXyzMDaTIZ3-Wvck&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=201KVfj5EuPR7QaVrYG4Cg&amp;ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=Guanyu Yangjiagou de tudi wenti%2C 1946&amp;f=false

So, can't go much further really. Chee! I mean, Ciao!
I would guess that may have simply been chi4 "赤" (red), since 赤匪 (red bandit) was an derogatory term used by the KMT for the communists.