北朝鮮

See also: 北朝鲜

Chinese

		north	Korea
trad. (北朝鮮)		北	朝鮮
simp. (北朝鲜)		北	朝鲜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běi Cháoxiǎn, Běi Cháoxiān, Běi Zhāoxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ, ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢ, ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ ciu⁴ sin¹ / bak¹ ziu¹ sin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak Tiâu-sián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běi Cháoxiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běi Cháosiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³ Chʻao²-hsien³
    • Yale: Běi Cháu-syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beei Chaurshean
    • Palladius: Бэй Чаосянь (Bɛj Čaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běi Cháoxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běi Cháosian
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³ Chʻao²-hsien¹
    • Yale: Běi Cháu-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beei Chaurshian
    • Palladius: Бэй Чаосянь (Bɛj Čaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běi Zhāoxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běi Jhaosian
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³ Chao¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: Běi Jāu-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beei Jaushian
    • Palladius: Бэй Чжаосянь (Bɛj Čžaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ ciu⁴ sin¹ / bak¹ ziu¹ sin¹
    • Yale: bāk chìuh sīn / bāk jīu sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ tsiu⁴ sin¹ / bak⁷ dziu¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ qiu⁴ xin¹ / beg¹ jiu¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/, /pɐk̚⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak Tiâu-sián
    • Tâi-lô: Pak Tiâu-sián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pag diausiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiau²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ tiau¹³⁻²² siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²⁴⁻¹¹ siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²³⁻³³ siɛn⁴¹/

Proper noun

北朝鮮

1. North Korea (a country in East Asia)

Synonyms

• (chiefly Mainland China) 朝鮮／朝鲜 (Cháoxiǎn)
• (Taiwan, Hong Kong) 北韓／北韩 (Běihán)
• (full name) 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國／朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 (Cháoxiǎn Mínzhǔzhǔyì Rénmín Gònghéguó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	朝	鮮
きた Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2	せん Grade: S
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 北 (kita-, “north”) +‎ 朝鮮 (Chōsen, “Korea”), calque of Korean 북조선 (Bukjoseon).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きたちょーせん [kìtá chóóséꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥ta̠ t͡ɕo̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

北(きた)朝(ちょう)鮮(せん) • (Kita Chōsen) ^{←きたてうせん (Kita Teusen)?}

1. North Korea (a country in East Asia)
   • 1998 May 8, Kenshi Hirokane, “議その147　「膠着状態(デッドロック)」 [Debate 147: ‘Deadlock’]”, in 加治隆介の議 [Kaji Ryūsuke’s Debates], volume 18 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, page 17:

     国連本部に連絡して安全保障理事会を召集しろ！テロリストの国籍にかかわらず船が北朝鮮に向かうことが確実になれば武力行使の同意をとらなければならない

     Kokuren honbu ni renraku shite Anzen Hoshō Rijikai o shōshū shiro! Terorisuto no kokuseki ni kakawarazu fune ga Kitachōsen ni mukau koto ga kakujitsu ni nareba buryoku kōshi no dōi o toranakere ba naranai

     Contact the UN headquarters and convene the Security Council! Regardless of the terrorists’ nationality, if the ship is verified to be heading toward North Korea, we must get approved to use force

See also

• 朝(ちょう)鮮(せん)民(みん)主(しゅ)主(しゅ)義(ぎ)人(じん)民(みん)共(きょう)和(わ)国(こく) (Chōsen Minshu Shugi Jinmin Kyōwakoku, “Democratic People's Republic of North Korea”)
• 朝(ちょう)鮮(せん) (Chōsen, “Korea”)
• 韓(かん)国(こく) (Kankoku, “South Korea”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
北	朝	鮮

Proper noun

北朝鮮 • (Bukjoseon) (hangeul 북조선)

1. hanja form^? of 북조선 (“North Korea”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
北	朝	鮮

Proper noun

北朝鮮

1. chữ Hán form of Bắc Triều Tiên (“North Korea”).