| 1 | 朝鲜 | 朝鮮 | cháo xiǎn | Chao2 xian3 | North Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. Chao2 xian1 | | |
| 2 | 鲜 | 尟 | xiǎn | xian3 | few; rare; old variant of 鲜 ; variant of 鲜 ; variant of 鲜 | | |
| 3 | 南朝鲜 | 南朝鮮 | nán cháo xiǎn | Nan2 Chao2 xian3 | South Korea | | |
| 4 | 朝鲜语 | 朝鮮語 | cháo xiǎn yǔ | Chao2 xian3 yu3 | Korean language | | |
| 5 | 李氏朝鲜 | 李氏朝鮮 | lǐ shì cháo xiǎn | Li3 shi4 Chao2 xian3 | Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910) | | |
| 6 | 寡廉鲜耻 | 寡廉鮮恥 | guǎ lián xiǎn chǐ | gua3 lian2 xian3 chi3 | to be shameless; to be corrupt; to be depraved (idiom) | | |
| 7 | 寡见鲜闻 | 寡見鮮聞 | guǎ jiàn xiǎn wén | gua3 jian4 xian3 wen2 | to have seen and heard little of the world (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 朝鲜族 | 朝鮮族 | cháo xiǎn zú | Chao2 xian3 zu2 | Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China); the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) | | |
| 9 | 朝鲜总督府 | 朝鮮總督府 | cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔ | Chao2 xian3 zong3 du1 fu3 | Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945 | | |
| 10 | 朝鲜字母 | 朝鮮字母 | cháo xiǎn zì mǔ | Chao2 xian3 zi4 mu3 | hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters | | |
| 11 | 朝鲜中央新闻社 | 朝鮮中央新聞社 | cháo xiǎn zhōng yāng xīn wén shè | Chao2 xian3 zhong1 yang1 xin1 wen2 she4 | Korean Central News Agency (KCNA, North Korea) | | |
| 12 | 延边朝鲜族自治州 | 延邊朝鮮族自治州 | yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu | Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1 | Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省 | | |
| 13 | 朝鲜筝 | 朝鮮箏 | cháo xiǎn zhēng | Chao2 xian3 zheng1 | gayageum; Korean 12-stringed zither | | |
| 14 | 朝鲜战争 | 朝鮮戰爭 | cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng | Chao2 xian3 Zhan4 zheng1 | Korean War (1950-1953) | | |
| 15 | 北朝鲜 | 北朝鮮 | běi cháo xiǎn | Bei3 Chao2 xian3 | North Korea | | |
| 16 | 朝鲜文 | 朝鮮文 | cháo xiǎn wén | Chao2 xian3 wen2 | Korean written language | | |
| 17 | 朝鲜太宗 | 朝鮮太宗 | cháo xiǎn tài zōng | Chao2 xian3 Tai4 zong1 | King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418 | | |
| 18 | 朝鲜日报 | 朝鮮日報 | cháo xiǎn rì bào | Chao2 xian3 Ri4 bao4 | Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper | | |
| 19 | 朝鲜人 | 朝鮮人 | cháo xiǎn rén | Chao2 xian3 ren2 | North Korean (person) | | |
| 20 | 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 | 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 | cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó | Chao2 xian3 Min2 zhu3 zhu3 yi4 Ren2 min2 Gong4 he2 guo2 | People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) | | |
| 21 | 朝鲜劳动党 | 朝鮮勞動黨 | cháo xiǎn láo dòng dǎng | Chao2 xian3 Lao2 dong4 dang3 | Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea | | |
| 22 | 朝鲜核谈 | 朝鮮核談 | cháo xiǎn hé tán | Chao2 xian3 he2 tan2 | talks on North Korea's nuclear program | | |
| 23 | 朝鲜海峡 | 朝鮮海峽 | cháo xiǎn hǎi xiá | Chao2 xian3 Hai3 xia2 | Korea Strait; Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea) | | |
| 24 | 朝鲜半岛 | 朝鮮半島 | cháo xiǎn bàn dǎo | Chao2 xian3 Ban4 dao3 | Korean Peninsula | | |
| 25 | 朝鲜八道 | 朝鮮八道 | cháo xiǎn bā dào | Chao2 xian3 ba1 dao4 | the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea | | |