西朝鮮

Chinese

		west	North Korea
trad. (西朝鮮)		西	朝鮮
simp. (西朝鲜)		西	朝鲜
Literally: “West-North Korea”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīcháoxiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīcháoxiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sicháosiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chʻao²-hsien³
    • Yale: syī-cháu-syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shichaurshean
    • Palladius: сичаосянь (sičaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 西朝鮮

1. (neologism, Internet slang, humorous, sarcastic) China, the country west to, and is becoming increasingly similar to, North Korea

See also

• 天朝 (Tiāncháo)
• 你國／你国 (Nǐguó)
• 趙國／赵国 (Zhàoguó)
• 強國／强国 (qiángguó)