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米中 (べいちゅう, beichuu) Japanese meaning: US-China | Kotomora

米べい中ちゅう

べ

い

ちゅ

う

Meanings

1

US-China; Sino-American

Abbreviation of アメリカ (米) and 中国 (中), used in political, economic, and news contexts.

米べい中ちゅう貿ぼう易えき摩ま擦さつが激はげしくなっている。
US-China trade friction is intensifying.

Kanji

米rice, USA, metre
中in, inside, middle

Related words

日にち米べい
Refers to Japan-US relations, using the same abbreviation pattern.
日にっ中ちゅう
Refers to Japan-China relations.

Etymology

Compound of the kanji abbreviations 米 (べい, from 亜米利加 'America') and 中 (ちゅう, from 中国 'China').

米べい中ちゅう首しゅ脳のう会かい談だんが来らい月げつ行おこなわれる予よ定ていだ。

A US-China summit meeting is scheduled for next month.