North Korea in Chinese
朝鲜
Cháo xiān
Country
North Korea is written in Chinese as 朝鲜. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Cháo xiān — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.
Character-by-character pronunciation
朝Cháo
鲜xiān
朝鲜 is written with 2 characters: 朝 (Cháo), 鲜 (xiān). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of North Korea.
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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference