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美联储 (Měi lián chǔ) — Federal Reserve (U.S. central bank)

Definition

Shortened form of 美国联邦储备系统 — the U.S. central bank that sets monetary policy (interest rates, etc.). Often contrasted with 央行, the generic term for a country's central bank.

noun
Federal Reserve (U.S. central bank)

Examples

  • 美联储。
    Měi lián chǔ Zuó tiān xuān bù jiā xī.
    The Federal Reserve announced an interest rate hike yesterday.
  • 美联储。
    Měi lián chǔ De zhèng cè duì quán qiú jīng jì yǒu hěn dà yǐng xiǎng.
    The Federal Reserve's policies have a big impact on the global economy.
  • 美联储。
    Jīng jì xué jiā zhèng zài fēn xī Měi lián chǔ de zuì xīn bào gào.
    Economists are analyzing the Federal Reserve's latest report.

Origin

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

Open 美 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

Open 联 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 儲; 储 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
諸
諸zhū儲chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 儲 uses 人 as a person part and 諸 for sound. This describes 儲, not the simplified 储.

Open 储 →
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Finance & Banking

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