海峡两岸关系协会

Traditional form:

海峽兩岸關係協會

Pinyin (reading):

Hǎixiá Liǎng'àn Guānxi Xiéhuì

Definitions:

• PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)

Characters:

• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 峡 - gorge, ravine, strait; isthmus
• 两 - two, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 岸 - beach, coast, shore
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 系 - system; line, link, connection
• 协 - to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
• 会 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group

Traditional characters:

• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 峽 - gorge, ravine, strait; isthmus
• 兩 - two, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 岸 - beach, coast, shore
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 係 - system; line, link, connection
• 協 - to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
• 會 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group