中美文化研究中心

zhōng měi wén huà yán jiū zhōng xīn

the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, located in Nanjing, est. 1986 (formally, the Johns Hopkins University – Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies)

zhōng

(bound form) China; Chinese

měi

(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])

wén

language

huà

to make into

yán

to grind

jiū

after all

zhōng

(bound form) China; Chinese

xīn

heart