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

赵 (w)

(zhào) to surpass (old)

赵元任 (w)

(zhàoyuánrèn) Chao Yuenren, a Chinese American linguist who devised the Gwoyeu romatzyh or Guoyu romazi 國語羅馬字|国语罗马字 romanization system

赵匡胤 (w)

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

赵国 (w)

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

赵宋 (w)

(zhàosòng) Song dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479)

赵客 (w)

(zhàokè) knight of the Zhao State; generic term for a knight-errant

赵岐 (w)

(zhàoqí) Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]

赵州桥 (w)

(zhàozhōuqiáo) Zhaozhou bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 he2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge

赵忠尧 (w)

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

赵惠文王 (w)

(zhàohuìwénwáng) King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period

赵括 (w)

(zhàokuò) Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子

赵晔 (w)

(zhàoyè) Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋

赵本山 (w)

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

赵构 (w)

(zhàogòu) Zhao Gou, personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 高宗[Gao1 zong1]

赵树理 (w)

(zhàoshùlǐ) Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist

赵尔巽 (w)

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

赵紫阳 (w)

(zhàozǐyáng) 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

赵县 (w)

(zhàoxiàn) Zhao county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei

赵翼 (w)

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

赵薇 (w)

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

赵军 (w)

(zhàojūn) army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States

赵云 (w)

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