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朝

zhāo

HSK 5 Character

What 朝 means

1. morning

Other readings

朝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cháoimperial or royal court; government; dynasty
• Cháoabbr. for {朝鲜|Cháo xiǎn} Korea

Example sentences

• 我想去朝鲜。
  Wǒ xiǎng qù Cháoxiǎn.
  I want to go to North Korea.
• 朝鲜很奇怪。
  Cháoxiǎn hěn qíguài.
  North Korea is weird.
• 我是朝鲜人。
  Wǒ shì Cháoxiǎnrén.
  I'm Korean.
• 我来自朝鲜。
  I am from North Korea.
• 我的房子面朝大海
  Wǒ de fángzi miàn cháo dàhǎi
  My house looks toward the sea.
• 最大的卧室朝南。
  The largest bedroom faces south.

Words starting with 朝

• 朝代cháo dàidynasty; reign (of a king)
• 朝气蓬勃zhāo qì péng bófull of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic; a bright spark
• 朝鲜Cháo xiǎnNorth Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. Cháo xiān
• 朝着cháo zhetowards
• 朝阳区Cháo yáng QūChaoyang, an inner district of Beijing; Chaoyang, a district of Changchun City 长春市…
• 朝廷cháo tíngcourt; imperial household; dynasty
• 朝天cháo tiānto have an audience with the Emperor; to be presented at court; to look skyward
• 朝向cháo xiàngtoward; to face; to open onto
• 朝气zhāo qìvitality; dynamism
• 朝日zhāo rìmorning sun
• 朝阳cháo yángto be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun
• 朝夕相处zhāo xī xiāng chǔto spend all one's time together (idiom)
• 朝圣cháo shèngto make a pilgrimage
• 朝拜cháo bàito worship; to make customary deferences to; a pilgrimage
• 朝夕zhāo xīmorning and night; all the time
• 朝野cháo yěall levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people
• 朝鲜族Cháo xiǎn zúKorean ethnic group; Koreans (major ethnic group of the Korean Peninsula)…
• 朝中Cháo ZhōngNorth Korea-China
• 朝阳门Cháo yáng ménChaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing
• 朝圣者cháo shèng zhěpilgrim
• 朝政cháo zhèng(historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
• 朝思暮想zhāo sī mù xiǎngto yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
• 朝觐cháo jìnto give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam)
• 朝鲜语Cháo xiǎn yǔKorean language

Words containing 朝

• 王朝wáng cháodynasty
• 清朝Qīng cháoQing dynasty (1644-1911)
• 唐朝Táng cháoTang dynasty (618-907)
• 明朝míng zhāotomorrow morning; the following morning
• 有朝一日yǒu zhāo yī rìone day; sometime in the future
• 梁朝Liáng cháoLiang Dynasty (502-557)
• 宋朝Sòng cháoSong Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
• 元朝Yuán cháoYuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
• 南朝鲜Nán Cháo xiǎnSouth Korea
• 北朝鲜Běi Cháo xiǎnNorth Korea
• 抗美援朝kàng Měi yuán CháoResist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)
• 热火朝天rè huǒ cháo tiānin full swing (idiom); (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity
• 今朝jīn zhāo(dialect) today; (literary) the present; this age
• 南北朝Nán Běi cháoNorthern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
• 汉朝Hàn cháoHan Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
• 六朝Liù CháoSix Dynasties (220-589)
• 南朝Nán CháoSouthern Dynasties (420-589)
• 秦朝Qín cháoQin Dynasty (221-207 BC)
• 天朝Tiān cháoCelestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
• 前朝qián cháothe previous dynasty
• 一朝一夕yī zhāo yī xīlit. one morning and one evening (idiom); fig. in a short period of time; overnight
• 改朝换代gǎi cháo huàn dàito transition to a new dynasty or regime
• 皇朝huáng cháothe imperial court; the government in imperial times
• 中朝Zhōng CháoSino-Korean; China and North Korea

Characters that look like 朝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 躯qūhuman body
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 掰bāito break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
• 掴guāito slap; also pr. guó

Sounds the same

Read zhāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 招to recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 昭bright; clear; manifest
• 嘲used in 嘲哳
• 着a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right
• 钊to encourage; to cut; to strain
• 啁used in 啁哳; Taiwan pr. zhōu
• 皽(literary) dead skin cells on the surface of the skin; Taiwan pr. zhǎn
• 𬬿sickle
• 駋(horse)