pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
赵
趙
zhao4
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
趙
zhao4
to surpass (old)
strokes
9
radical
strokes after radical
2
后赵
後趙
hou4 zhao4
Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
前赵
前趙
qian2 zhao4
Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)
完璧归赵
完璧歸趙
wan2 bi4 gui1 zhao4
lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
围魏救赵
圍魏救趙
wei2 wei4 jiu4 zhao4
lit. to besiege 魏 and rescue 趙|赵 (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
燕赵
燕趙
yan1 zhao4
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers
燕赵都市报
燕趙都市報
yan1 zhao4 du1 shi4 bao4
Yanzhao Metropolis Daily
张三,李四,王五,赵六
張三,李四,王五,趙六
zhang1 san1 - li3 si4 - wang2 wu3 - zhao4 liu4
four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry
张王李赵
張王李趙
zhang1 wang2 li3 zhao4
anyone; Mr Average; any Tom, Dick or Harry
赵本山
趙本山
zhao4 ben3 shan1
Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
赵尔巽
趙爾巽
zhao4 er3 xun4
Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿
赵高
趙高
zhao4 gao1
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
赵构
趙構
zhao4 gou4
Zhao Gou, personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 高宗
赵国
趙國
zhao4 guo2
Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
赵惠文王
趙惠文王
zhao4 hui4 wen2 wang2
King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period
赵军
趙軍
zhao4 jun1
army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States
赵客
趙客
zhao4 ke4
knight of the Zhao State; generic term for a knight-errant
赵匡胤
趙匡胤
zhao4 kuang1 yin4
Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
赵括
趙括
zhao4 kuo4
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
赵岐
趙岐
zhao4 qi2
Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子
赵树理
趙樹理
zhao4 shu4 li3
Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist
赵宋
趙宋
zhao4 song4
Song dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479)
赵薇
趙薇
zhao4 wei1
Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
赵县
趙縣
zhao4 xian4
Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei
赵晔
趙曄
zhao4 ye4
Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋
赵翼
趙翼
zhao4 yi4
Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
赵元任
趙元任
zhao4 yuan2 ren4
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
赵云
趙雲
zhao4 yun2
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
赵忠尧
趙忠堯
zhao4 zhong1 yao2
Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist
赵州桥
趙州橋
zhao4 zhou1 qiao2
Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河 in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代 (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
赵紫阳
趙紫陽
zhao4 zi3 yang2
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