Chaoxian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 朝鮮／朝鲜.

Chaoxian

1. Synonym of Joseon: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • , volume V.1, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 276:

     ⁹⁵For Ch’ao-hsien, "Cheng-yi" says, "K’uo-ti chih 括地志 says, 'Kao-li's 高麗 P’ing-jang 平壤 City, originally the governing site/city of Chien 儉, the Prince of Yüeh-lang 樂浪 Prefecture of the Han. It was ancient Ch’ao-hsien.'"]

   • 2012 October, “Encounters between Disparate Cultures”, in Our Land, Our People: The Story of Taiwan‎, Tainan, Taiwan: National Museum of Taiwan History, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47, column 1:

     After Toyotomi Hideyoshi took control over Japan, he tried to extend his power outside the country. In addition to moving westward and attacking Chaoxian (Korea), he also targeted Taiwan and other places in the south. In 1593, Toyotomi sent ambassadors to agitate for the submission of the place known to them as “Kingdom of High Mountains ”—Taiwan.

   • 2019 July 22, Ellen Nakashima, Gerry Shih, John Hudson, “Leaked documents reveal Huawei’s secret operations to build North Korea’s wireless network”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-07-23, National Security‎:

     In a semiprivate online forum used by Huawei employees, one man reminisced last year about how he helped launch Koryolink in “A9” during the summer of 2008, before rushing back to China to offer tech support for the Beijing Olympics. In parentheses, the man wrote “chaoxian,” which means North Korea, in Roman letters — an apparent effort to avoid mentioning the country by name using Chinese characters.