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): ㄒㄧㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīcháoxiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shichaurshean
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

西朝鮮

(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)

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