John Holland Oct 9, 2013:

It of course is possible that "CI" stands for Chinese, but we haven't seen any instances of the abbreviation/acronym being used in that way.

Here's one list: http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Ci
And another: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CI

It would be nice to find at least one example...

I think there is merit to katsy's proposal of C1 level of language proficiency, but there really isn't enough context to know.

Kimberly De Haan (asker) Oct 9, 2013:

There really is very little context. As I said, it's in a list of languages that the test is available in. I think "Chinese" could very well be the right answer.

katsy Oct 8, 2013:

Hi AllegroTrans... The level of competence wd be in language ability . My "theory" wd be that the personality tests are so formulated as to demand a C1 level to respond.
However explaining that does make me feel that I am reeeeally barking up the wrong tree!

AllegroTrans Oct 8, 2013:

@katsy It's a personality test, so how can there be a level of competence? Unless of course it's about ability to fool the psychologists...

katsy Oct 8, 2013:

C I or C one? clutching at straws here, but... is it CI capital I) or C1 (the figure 1)? As you know there is a Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les langues (or CECRL), which establishes various levels of competence which schools may/should/do aim for. C1 is C1 - Niveau Autonome : pour un usage régulier dans des contextes de difficulté raisonnable; so quite a high level. Do you think it could be that? Here is a link to a wikipedia page which sets it out with reference to teaching in schools. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadre_européen_commun_de_référe...

AllegroTrans Oct 8, 2013:

Is it a language at all? or an abbreviation ? could we see the surrounding text perhaps?