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"Japan and Korea" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
日朝 rì cháo Japan and Korea (esp. North Korea)
日韩 日韓 rì hán Japan and Korea
Chinese Pinyin Translation
朝鲜海峡 朝鮮海峽 cháo xiǎn hǎi xiá Korea Strait / Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
韩国 韓國 hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
韩 韓 hán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
江原道 jiāng yuán dào Gangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty / Kangwon province of North Korea / Gangwon province in northeast South Korea, capital Chuncheon 春川[Chun1 chuan1]
环境署韩国委员会 環境署韓國委員會 UNEP Korea Committee / UNEP Korea / UNEP National Committee for the Republic of Korea
伊藤博文 yī téng bó wén Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan’s first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan’s colonial expansion into Korea
三十八度线 三十八度線 sān shí bā dù xiàn 38th parallel / dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea
金针菇 金針菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1]
开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
黄海道 黃海道 huáng hǎi dào former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Province of North Korea in 1954
咸镜道 咸鏡道 xián jìng dào Hamgyeong Province of Joseon dynasty Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] and South Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡南道|咸镜南道[Xian2 jing4 nan2 dao4] of North Korea
咸镜 咸鏡 xián jìng Hamgyeongdo Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] and South Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡南道|咸镜南道[Xian2 jing4 nan2 dao4] of North Korea
平安道 píng ān dào P'yong'ando Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into South Pyong'an Province 平安南道[Ping2 an1 nan2 dao4] and North Pyong'an Province 平安北道[Ping2 an1 bei3 dao4] of North Korea
忠淸 zhōng qīng Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道[Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] and South Chungcheong province 忠清南道[Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4] of South Korea
忠淸道 zhōng qīng dào Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠淸北道[Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] and South Chungcheong province 忠淸南道[Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4] of South Korea
忠清 zhōng qīng Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道[Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] and South Chungcheong province 忠清南道[Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4] of South Korea
忠清道 zhōng qīng dào Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道[Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] and South Chungcheong province 忠清南道[Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4] of South Korea
卫氏朝鲜 衛氏朝鮮 wèi shì cháo xiǎn Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
卫满朝鲜 衛滿朝鮮 wèi mǎn cháo xiǎn Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
开城市 開城市 kāi chéng shì Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
韓国 hán guó South Korea / Korea / Japanese variant of 韓國|韩国 (mixes traditional and simplified characters)
还乡女 還鄉女 huán xiāng nǚ (Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
韩日 韓日 hán rì Korea and Japan
中日韩 中日韓 zhōng rì hán China, Japan and Korea
貉子 háo zi raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also called 狸 syn
貉 hé raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [hao2] syn
中日韩越 中日韓越 zhōng rì hán yuè China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
对岛 對島 duì dǎo Tsushima islands, between Japan and South Korea
对马岛 對馬島 duì mǎ dǎo Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
对马海峡 對馬海峽 duì mǎ hǎi xiá Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea
对马 對馬 duì mǎ Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
黄遵宪 黃遵憲 huáng zūn xiàn Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志[Ri4 ben3 Guo2 zhi4], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
日本难民救助协会 Association for Aid and Relief, Japan / AAR Japan
朝鲜 朝鮮 cháo xiǎn North Korea / Korea as geographic term / Taiwan pr. [Chao2 xian1]
大韩民国 大韓民國 dà hán mín guó Republic of Korea (South Korea)
朝鲜劳动党 朝鮮勞動黨 cháo xiǎn láo dòng dǎng Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
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 People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
韩国共和国 韓國共和國 hán guó gòng hé guó Republic of Korea / South Korea
朝劳动党 朝勞動黨 cháo láo dòng dǎng Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
棒子国 棒子國 bàng zi guó (derog.) Korea, esp. South Korea
外务省 外務省 wài wù shěng foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
中日韩统一表意文字 中日韓統一表意文字 zhōng rì hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs / Unihan
统汉字 統漢字 tǒng hàn zì Unihan / China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs / abbr. for 中日韓統一表意文字|中日韩统一表意文字[Zhong1 Ri4 Han2 tong3 yi1 biao3 yi4 wen2 zi4]
解放日 jiě fàng rì Liberation Day / cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea
福冈 福岡 fú gāng Fukuoka, capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan / Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
日本国志 日本國誌 rì běn guó zhì A Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黃遵憲|黄遵宪[Huang2 Zun1 xian4], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
霓虹国 霓虹國 ní hóng guó (slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, "Nihon")
11区 11區 shí yī qū (ACG) Japan (from the anime "Code Geass", in which Japan was renamed Area 11)
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
不平等条约 不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
三个世界 三個世界 sān ge shì jiè the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America
长白山 長白山 cháng bái shān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
白头山 白頭山 bái tóu shān Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
天津会议专条 天津會議專條 tiān jīn huì yì zhuān tiáo Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章[Li3 Hong2 zhang1] and ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文[Yi1 teng2 Bo2 wen2] to pull Qing and Japanese troops out of Korea
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
富国强兵 富國強兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) syn
脱亚入欧 脫亞入歐 tuō yà rù ōu to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe / refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia
药妆店 藥妝店 yào zhuāng diàn drugstore / pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong)
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
韩流 韓流 hán liú Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s)
高丽 高麗 gāo lí Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 / Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
中朝 zhōng cháo Sino-Korean / China and North Korea
金成 金晟 jīn chéng Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office
朝韩 朝韓 cháo hán North and South Korea
大藏经 大藏經 dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea syn
三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
京畿道 jīng jī dào Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市[Shui3 yuan2 shi4]
图们江 圖們江 tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
板门店停战村 板門店停戰村 bǎn mén diàn tíng zhàn cūn Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
庆尚道 慶尚道 qìng shàng dào Gyeongsang Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道[Qing4 shang4 bei3 dao4] and South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4]
全罗道 全羅道 quán luó dào Jeolla or Cholla Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Jeolla Province 全羅北道|全罗北道[Quan2 luo2 bei3 dao4] and South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[Quan2 luo2 nan2 dao4]
俄中朝 é zhōng cháo Russia, China and North Korea
八万大藏经 八萬大藏經 bā wàn dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
南北韩 南北韓 nán běi hán North and South Korea
李承晚 lǐ chéng wǎn Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960
濊貊 huì mò Yemaek, ancient ethnic group of Manchuria and Korea, precursors of Korean Goguryeo kingdom
美朝 měi cháo US and North Korea
豆满江 豆滿江 dòu mǎn jiāng Dumangang, Korean name of Tumen river 圖們江|图们江[Tu2 men2 jiang1] in Jilin province, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
长白山天池 長白山天池 cháng bái shān tiān chí Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic crater lake on the border between China and North Korea
韩朝 韓朝 hán cháo North and South Korea / bilateral Korean relations
韩澳 韓澳 hán ào South Korea and Australia
高丽八万大藏经 高麗八萬大藏經 gāo lí bā wàn dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
高丽大藏经 高麗大藏經 gāo lí dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
韩国海洋研究开发院 Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
博斯沃思 bó sī wò sī Bosworth (name) / Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009
文在寅 wén zài yín Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017
蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
侵华 侵華 qīn huá to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)
新军 新軍 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
钓鱼台 釣魚臺 diào yú tái Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
萨摩 薩摩 sà mó Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc
长野 長野 cháng yě Nagano (name) / Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan
蒙代尔 蒙代爾 méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
七国集团 七國集團 qī guó jí tuán G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
坪 píng a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) syn
边币 邊幣 biān bì Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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