| 1 | 朝 | 朝 | cháo | Chao2 | imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards; abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | | |
| 2 | 朝鲜 | 朝鮮 | cháo xiǎn | Chao2 xian3 | North Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. Chao2 xian1 | | |
| 3 | 清朝 | 清朝 | qīng cháo | Qing1 chao2 | Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | | |
| 4 | 朝廷 | 朝廷 | cháo tíng | chao2 ting2 | variant of 朝廷 ; court; imperial household; dynasty | | |
| 5 | 朝着 | 朝著 | cháo zhe | chao2 zhe5 | facing; advancing (towards) | | |
| 6 | 王朝 | 王朝 | wáng cháo | wang2 chao2 | dynasty | | |
| 7 | 南朝鲜 | 南朝鮮 | nán cháo xiǎn | Nan2 Chao2 xian3 | South Korea | | |
| 8 | 明朝 | 明朝 | míng cháo | Ming2 chao2 | Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) | | |
| 9 | 唐朝 | 唐朝 | táng cháo | Tang2 chao2 | Tang dynasty (618-907) | | |
| 10 | 抗美援朝 | 抗美援朝 | kàng měi yuán cháo | kang4 Mei3 yuan2 Chao2 | Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) | | |
| 11 | 南北朝 | 南北朝 | nán běi cháo | Nan2 Bei3 chao2 | Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) | | |
| 12 | 宋朝 | 宋朝 | sòng cháo | Song4 chao2 | Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | | |
| 13 | 元朝 | 元朝 | yuán cháo | Yuan2 chao2 | Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) | | |
| 14 | 一朝天子一朝臣 | 一朝天子一朝臣 | yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén | yi1 chao2 tian1 zi3 yi1 chao2 chen2 | new emperor, new officials (idiom); a new chief brings in new aides | | |
| 15 | 朝觐 | 朝覲 | cháo jìn | chao2 jin4 | to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam) | | |
| 16 | 朝劳动党 | 朝勞動黨 | cháo láo dòng dǎng | Chao2 Lao2 dong4 dang3 | Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea | | |
| 17 | 朝门 | 朝門 | cháo mén | chao2 men2 | entrance portal (to a palace); propylaeum | | |
| 18 | 朝房 | 朝房 | cháo fáng | chao2 fang2 | reception room for officials (in former times) | | |
| 19 | 朝韩 | 朝韓 | cháo hán | Chao2 Han2 | North and South Korea | | |
| 20 | 朝代 | 朝代 | cháo dài | chao2 dai4 | dynasty; reign (of a king) | | |
| 21 | 朝臣 | 朝臣 | cháo chén | chao2 chen2 | court councilor | | |
| 22 | 朝拜圣山 | 朝拜聖山 | cháo bài shèng shān | chao2 bai4 sheng4 shan1 | a pilgrimage to a holy mountain | | |
| 23 | 坐北朝南 | 坐北朝南 | zuò běi cháo nán | zuo4 bei3 chao2 nan2 | to face south with the back to the north (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 北朝鲜 | 北朝鮮 | běi cháo xiǎn | Bei3 Chao2 xian3 | North Korea | | |
| 25 | 北朝 | 北朝 | běi cháo | Bei3 Chao2 | Northern Dynasties (386-581) | | |