English Explanatory Dictionary

Zhao

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ʒaʊ/ /zaʊ/ jou

Word forms

Zhao Chao

Etymology

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

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 趙國 /赵国
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