Chao

See also: chao, chāo, cháo, chǎo, chào, chão, and cha0

English

Alternative forms

• Zhao (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology

From Mandarin 趙／赵 (Zhào), Wade-Giles romanization: Chao⁴.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaʊ/
• Homophones: chow, ciao, Chow
• Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Chao

1. A surname from Chinese.
2. Zhao (state)
   • 1965, Cho-yun Hsu, Ancient China in Transition An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722-222 B.C.‎^[1], Stanford University Press, page 45:

     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.

   • 1977, Li Yu-ning, Shang Yang's Reforms and State Control in China‎^[2], M. E. Sharpe, page xxxviii:

     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, 265-245 B.C.] were as active in literature as in administration." (52)

   • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[3], Basic Books, →ISBN, page 150:

     Late Shang ancillary capitals included Han-tan to the north, an area previously occupied by predynastic Shang culture and subsequently the capital of the state of Chao as well as crucial geostrategic location;³⁶ Chao-ko to the south and Shang-ch'iu, often said to have retained its importance throughout the dynasty as the original ritual center and the location of the oldest and thus most important ancestral temple.

Anagrams

• COHA, HACO

Galician

Etymology

From chao (“plain”), from Old Galician-Portuguese chão, from Latin planus (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃao̯/, /ˈt͡ʃaw/

Proper noun

Chao m

1. a large number of villages and places in Galicia
2. a toponymical surname

References

• “Chao” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “Chao” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Chao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.oː/, [ˈkʰäoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.o/, [ˈkäːo]

Proper noun

Chaō

1. ablative singular of Chaos