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zhao

/ʒaʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
zhao
IPA
/ʒaʊ/
16
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou.

name

A former kingdom in Shanxi and Hebei, China, during the Warring States.

name

A former kingdom in Hebei, China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

name

A former prefecture of imperial China around Zhaozhou within modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei.

name

A county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

name

A surname from Chinese.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 趙 /赵 (Zhào), an ancient city name. Doublet of Trieu.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Chao (alternative)

Rhymes With

how now allow wow bow thou cow dow mao vow brow howe

Questions

How do you pronounce zhao?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʒaʊ/.
What does zhao mean?
A former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou.
Where does zhao come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

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