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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 also

* Cao (disambiguation)
* Chaos (disambiguation)
*Charo (disambiguation)
* Chau (disambiguation)
* Choa (disambiguation)
* Chow (disambiguation)
* Zhao (disambiguation)
* Ciao (disambiguation)
* Chao Phraya River, Thailand
* Sacred Chao, a symbol of Discordianism

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