| 朝鲜 | Cháo xiǎn | Korean Joseon or Chosun dynasty 1392-1910; North Korea; Korea as geographic term |
| 鲜 | xiān | fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods; seldom |
| 鲜 | xiǎn | few; rare |
| 新鲜 | xīn xiān | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness |
| 鲜明 | xiān míng | bright; clear-cut; distinct |
| 鲜艳 | xiān yàn | bright-colored; gaily-colored |
| 鲜血 | xiān xuè | blood |
| 南朝鲜 | Nán cháo xiǎn | South Korea (esp. North Korean usage) |
| 鲜花 | xiān huā | fresh flowers; CL:朵 |
| 鲜卑 | Xiān bēi | Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples |
| 鲜红 | xiān hóng | scarlet; bright red |
| 鲜美 | xiān měi | delicious; tasty |
| 朝鲜族 | Cháo xiǎn zú | Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China); the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) |
| 屡见不鲜 | lǚ jiàn bù xiān | a common occurrence (idiom) |
| 三鲜 | sān xiān | three fresh ingredients (in cooking) |
| 不新鲜 | bù xīn xiān | stale |
| 保鲜纸 | bǎo xiān zhǐ | plastic wrap; cling wrap; cling film |
| 保鲜膜 | bǎo xiān mó | plastic wrap; preservative film; cling film |
| 光鲜 | guāng xiān | fresh and bright |
| 北朝鲜 | Běi Cháo xiǎn | North Korea (esp. Japanese usage) |
| 地三鲜 | dì sān xiān | dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper |
| 延边朝鲜族自治州 | Yán biān Cháo xiān zú zì zhì zhōu | Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 |
| 德薄能鲜 | dé bó néng xiǎn | little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修) |
| 数见不鲜 | shù jiàn bù xiān | see 数见不鲜 |
| 数见不鲜 | shuò jiàn bù xiān | a common occurrence (idiom) |
| 旗帜鲜明 | qí zhì xiān míng | to show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom) |
| 朝鲜中央新闻社 | Cháo xiǎn zhōng yāng xīn wén shè | Korean Central News Agency (KCNA, North Korea) |
| 朝鲜中央通讯社 | Cháo xiān zhōng yāng tōng xùn shè | North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA); see also 朝中社 |
| 朝鲜人 | Cháo xiǎn rén | North Korean (person) |
| 朝鲜八道 | Cháo xiǎn bā dào | the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea |
| 朝鲜劳动党 | Cháo xiǎn láo dòng dǎng | Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea |
| 朝鲜半岛 | Cháo xiǎn bàn dǎo | Korean peninsula |
| 朝鲜太宗 | Cháo xiǎn Tài zōng | King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418 |
| 朝鲜字母 | Cháo xiǎn zì mǔ | hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters |
| 朝鲜战争 | Cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng | Korean war (1950-1953) |
| 朝鲜文 | Cháo xiǎn wén | Korean written language |
| 朝鲜日报 | Cháo xiǎn rì bào | Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper |
| 朝鲜核谈 | Cháo xiǎn hé tán | talks on North Korea's nuclear program |
朝鲜民主主义人民
共和国 | Cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó | People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) |
| 朝鲜海峡 | Cháo xiǎn hǎi xiá | Korea strait; Tsushima straits (between Japan and Korea) |
| 朝鲜筝 | Cháo xiǎn zhēng | kayagum; Korean 12-stringed zither |
| 朝鲜总督府 | Cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔ | Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945 |
| 朝鲜语 | Cháo xiǎn yǔ | Korean language |
| 李氏朝鲜 | Lǐ shì cháo xiǎn | Korean during the Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910) |
毛泽东・鲜为人知
的故事 | Máo Zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi | Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 张戎 and Jon Halliday |
| 治大国若烹小鲜 | zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān | ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom); effective government requires minimal intervention |
| 海鲜 | hǎi xiān | seafood |
| 海鲜酱 | Hǎi xiān jiàng | hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce); seafood sauce |
| 浅鲜 | qiǎn xiǎn | meager; slight |
| 肥鲜 | féi xiān | fresh and tender (of food); delicious |
