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zhao

/ʒaʊ/

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What does zhao mean?

proper noun

  1. A county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
  2. A surname from Chinese.
More meanings (4)

proper noun

  1. (historical) A former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou.
  2. (historical) A former kingdom in Shanxi and Hebei, China, during the Warring States.
  3. (historical) A former kingdom in Hebei, China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
  4. (historical) A former prefecture of imperial China around Zhaozhou within modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei.
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/ʒaʊ/

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