慈济 Traditional form: 慈濟 Pinyin (reading): Cíjì Definitions: Tzu Chi Foundation, an international humanitarian NGO, established in 1966 in Taiwan Characters: 慈 - gentle, humane, kind, merciful 济 - to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across Traditional characters: 慈 - gentle, humane, kind, merciful 濟 - to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across