海峡两岸关系协会

PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)

surname Hai

ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous

channel / strait

gorge

two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)

bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland

variant of 岸[an4]

bank; shore; beach; coast / CL:個|个[ge4]

mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve

relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL:個|个[ge4]

variant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]

to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)

system / department / faculty

to tie / to fasten / to button up

to connect / to arrest / to worry

to cooperate / to harmonize / to help / to assist / to join

an association / a society / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1]

can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

to balance an account / accountancy / accounting

to balance an account / accounting / accountant