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)

中

zhōng

(bound form) China; Chinese

美

měi

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

文

wén

language

化

huà

to make into

研

yán

to grind

究

jiū

after all

中

zhōng

(bound form) China; Chinese

心

xīn

heart