[Japanese, to return to the United States, Kibei : ki, return (from Middle Chinese kyj; also the source of Mandarin guī from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwər; akin Tibetan ′khor) + bei, the United States (from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese character meaning "rice," pronounced mǐ in Mandarin, that was used to represent the syllable -me- in early Chinese transliterations of America).]