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趙〔赵〕 ziu6 {Zhào}

  1. surname Zhao
  2. one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC)
  3. the Former Zhao 前趙 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms

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趙〔赵〕 ziu6 {zhào}

to surpass (old)

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趙構〔赵构〕 ziu6 gau3 {Zhào Gòu}

Zhao Gou, personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 高宗

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趙高〔赵-〕 ziu6 gou1 {Zhào Gāo}

Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty

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趙軍〔赵军〕 ziu6 gwan1 {Zhào jūn}

army of Zhao 趙國 during the Warring States

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趙國〔赵国〕 ziu6 gwok3 {Zhào Guó}

Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)

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趙客〔赵-〕 ziu6 haak3 {Zhào kè}

  1. knight of the Zhao State
  2. generic term for a knight-errant

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趙翼〔赵-〕 ziu6 jik6 {Zhào Yì}

Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家

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趙曄〔赵晔〕 ziu6 jip6 {Zhào Yè}

Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋

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趙縣〔赵县〕 ziu6 jyun6 {Zhào Xiàn}

Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家莊, Hebei

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趙岐〔赵-〕 ziu6 kei4 {Zhào Qí}

Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子

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趙括〔赵-〕 ziu6 kut3 {Zhào Kuò}

Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰 in 260 BC

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趙薇〔赵-〕 ziu6 mei4 {Zhào Wēi}

Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

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趙宋〔赵-〕 ziu6 sung3 {Zhào Sòng}

  1. Song dynasty (960-1279)
  2. used to distinguish it from 劉宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479)

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趙雲〔赵云〕 ziu6 wan4 {Zhào Yún}

Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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趙學而〔赵学-〕 ziu6 hok6 ji4 {zhào xué ér}

Bondy, Chiu Hok-yee, a Hong Kong singer and actress

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趙本山〔赵--〕 ziu6 bun2 saan1 {Zhào Běn shān}

Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian

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趙匡胤〔赵--〕 ziu6 hong1 jan6 {Zhào Kuāng yìn}

Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)

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趙爾巽〔赵尔-〕 ziu6 ji5 seon3 {Zhào Ěr xùn}

Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿

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趙元任〔赵--〕 ziu6 jyun4 jam6 {Zhào Yuán rèn}

Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist

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趙樹理〔赵树-〕 ziu6 syu6 lei5 {Zhào Shù lǐ}

Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist

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趙州橋〔赵-桥〕 ziu6 zau1 kiu4 {Zhào zhōu Qiáo}

Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河 in Zhao county 趙縣, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代 (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge

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趙紫陽〔赵-阳〕 ziu6 zi2 joeng4 {Zhào Zǐ yáng}

Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

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趙忠堯〔赵-尧〕 ziu6 zung1 jiu4 {Zhào Zhōng yáo}

Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist

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趙惠文王〔赵---〕 ziu6 wai6 man4 wong4 {Zhào Huì wén Wáng}

King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period

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