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Chao may refer to: People * Chao (surname), various Chinese surnames (including 晁 and 巢, as well as non-Pinyin spellings) * Zhou (surname) (周), may also be spelled Chao * Zhao (surname) (趙/赵), may also be spelled Chao in Taiwan and Hong Kong Places * Chao, Virú, Peru ** Chao District ** Chao Valley * Cerro Chao, or Chao volcano, a lava flow in Chile * Chao Lake, in Hefei, Anhui Province, China * Chao (state), a minor state of the Chinese Bronze Age * Ilhéu Chão, in the Madeira archipelago Other uses * Chao (currency) (鈔), the banknote used in Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China * Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog), Chao (''Sonic the Hedgehog''), a fictional species * Chao method, a way of indicating Chinese tones devised by Yuen Ren Chao * Chǎo technique (炒), a Chinese Stir frying#Chao technique, stir frying technique * Chao, part of several Thai royal ranks and titles ** Chao (monarchy), a title of the Lan Na royal family members * Cháo, the Vietnamese version of congee See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chao (surname)
Chao is a surname in various cultures. It is the Pinyin spelling of two Chinese surnames ( and ), the Wade–Giles spelling of two others ( or the much rarer , both spelled in Pinyin as Zhao (surname), Zhào), and a regional or other spelling of two additional Chinese surnames ( Cao (Chinese surname), Cáo and Zhou (surname), Zhōu). It is also a Galician surnames, Galician and Portuguese surname. Origins Chinese surname Cháo () This surname is written with a character meaning "dawn" (). According to traditional sources including ''Fengsu Tongyi'', ''Yuanhe Xingzuan'', ''Xingshi Kaolüe'' (), and the surnames/clans section () of the ''Tongzhi (encyclopedia), Tongzhi'' encyclopedia, both this surname and another written with a character also meaning "dawn" () originated from personal names of people during the Spring and Autumn period, and were adopted by their descendants as surnames, following which some descendants changed their surname from one character to the other. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |