Zhao

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Zhao

/ʒaʊ/
/zaʊ/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 趙 /赵 (Zhào), an ancient city name. Doublet of Trieu.

proper noun Chao

historical A former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou.
historical A former kingdom in Shanxi and Hebei, China, during the Warring States.
historical A former kingdom in Hebei, China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
historical A former prefecture of imperial China around Zhaozhou within modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei.
A county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
A surname from Chinese.

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Closest in meaning: chiu, chao, cho, zaw, chau, shao, gaw, chow, apec, shaw, jaw, gao, cao, siu, trillion, joão

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name Ancient kingdom

中文	趙國 /赵国 Zhàoguó

name Medieval kingdom

中文	趙國 /赵国 Zhàoguó

name Ancient city-state

中文	趙 /赵, 趙國 /赵国 Zhàoguó

name Imperial prefecture

中文	趙州 /赵州

name County

中文	趙縣 /赵县 Zhàoxiàn

name Surname

中文	趙 /赵

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@misc{zhao_2026,
  title = {Zhao},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zhao},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}