Zhao may refer to:
*
Zhao (surname) (赵), a Chinese surname
** commonly spelled
Chao in Taiwan or up until the early 20th century in other regions
**
Chiu
Chiu is a romanization of various Chinese surnames, based on different varieties of Chinese. It may correspond to the surnames spelled in the following ways in Mandarin pinyin:
* Zhào () or Zhāo (), from the Cantonese pronunciation
* Zhāng (), ...
, from the Cantonese pronunciation
**
Cho (Korean surname), represent the
Hanja 趙 (Chinese: Zhao)
**
Triệu, a Vietnamese surname which is the equivalent of the Mandarin Chinese surname Zhao (趙)
*
Zhao County, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
*
Zhao family (disambiguation) Zhao family may refer to:
*The aristocratic Zhao family in Jin (Chinese state) during the Spring and Autumn period
**Zhao (state) in the Warring States period, founded by the same family
*The ruling house of Zhao dynasty (Nanyue) in southern Chin ...
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Zhao family (Internet slang)
The Zhao family () refers to dignitaries in China, such as the top bureaucrat, the rich, leaders in-system and their offspring. The phrase originates from Lu Xun's "The True Story of Ah Q". In December 2015, an article in WeChat public account d ...
, based on the surname Zhao, an internet term in China which refers to the ruling elite and the rich
* 兆 (zhào), a
Chinese numeral which usually represents 10
6 or 10
12
**
Mega-, corresponding SI prefix in China, equals to 10
6
**
Tera-, corresponding SI prefix in Taiwan, equals to 10
12
* Admiral Zhao, a
character in the animated series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''
Chinese history
*
Zhao (state) (403 BC–222 BC), a Warring States period state
*
Triệu dynasty (204 BC–111 BC), or Zhao dynasty, the ruling house of the Nanyue state
*
Zhao Kingdom (Han dynasty) (203 BC–213 AD), a kingdom or principality in the Han dynasty
*
Former Zhao
The Han Zhao (; 304–329 AD), or Former Zhao (), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Xiongnu people during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of Chinese history. In Chinese historiography, it was given two conditional state titles, the Northern ...
(304–329), or Han Zhao, a Sixteen Kingdoms state
*
Later Zhao
The Later Zhao (; 319–351) was a dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms in northern China. It was founded by the Shi family of the Jie ethnicity. The Jie were most likely a Yeniseian people and spoke next to Chinese one of the Yeniseian languages.Vov ...
(319–351), a Sixteen Kingdoms state
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Zhao (Five Dynasties period) (910–921), a Five Dynasties period state
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House of Zhao (960–1279), the imperial clan of the Song Empire
See also
*
Zhao Mausoleum (disambiguation)
*
Chao (disambiguation)
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 Hon ...
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Zhou (disambiguation)
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