Chao

Proper noun

Chao

1. A surname from Chinese.
   • Surveillance footage revealed that the victim, identified as Chao (趙), rode her scooter to Chang’s residence in Qianzhen District around 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. She was never seen leaving.2025 February 7, Charlotte Lee, “Dismembered remains found in Kaohsiung canal”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2025, Society
2. Zhao (state)
   • Lu Pu-wei was a prosperous businessman in the large city of Han-tan in Chao, where he met a prince of Ch'in who was being kept as hostage in the capital.1965, Cho-yun Hsu, “Changes in Social Stratification”, in Ancient China in Transition: An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722–222 b.c., Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 45
   • The same chapter says: "The majority of ancient authors did excellent practical work, but they were not employed. Kuan Chung and Yen Ying 晏嬰 were as great statesmen as writers, Shang Yang and Yu Ch'ing 虞卿 (51) [author Yu-shih ch'un-ch'iu 虞氏春秋, an official at the court of King Hsiao-ch'eng of Chao...1977, Li Yu-ning, Shang Yang's Reforms and State Control in China, M. E. Sharpe, page xxxviii