| 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 | 朝廷 | 朝廷 | cháo tíng | chao2 ting2 | variant of 朝廷 ; court; imperial household; dynasty | | |
| 4 | 朝着 | 朝著 | cháo zhe | chao2 zhe5 | facing; advancing (towards) | | |
| 5 | 朝见 | 朝見 | cháo jiàn | chao2 jian4 | to have an audience (with the Emperor) | | |
| 6 | 朝天椒 | 朝天椒 | cháo tiān jiāo | chao2 tian1 jiao1 | chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var) | | |
| 7 | 朝天 | 朝天 | cháo tiān | Chao2 tian1 | to have an audience with the Emperor; to be presented at court; to look skyward; to look up; Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 广元市 , Sichuan | | |
| 8 | 朝圣 | 朝聖 | cháo shèng | chao2 sheng4 | to make a pilgrimage | | |
| 9 | 朝山进香 | 朝山進香 | cháo shān jìn xiāng | chao2 shan1 jin4 xiang1 | to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 朝前 | 朝前 | cháo qián | chao2 qian2 | facing forwards | | |
| 11 | 朝南 | 朝南 | cháo nán | chao2 nan2 | Facing south | | |
| 12 | 朝族 | 朝族 | cháo zú | Chao2 zu2 | Korean ethnic group of Jilin province and northeast China; same as 朝鲜族 | | |
| 13 | 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 | | |
| 14 | 朝觐 | 朝覲 | cháo jìn | chao2 jin4 | to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam) | | |
| 15 | 朝后 | 朝後 | cháo hòu | chao2 hou4 | backwards; facing back | | |
| 16 | 朝核问题 | 朝核問題 | cháo hé wèn tí | Chao2 he2 wen4 ti2 | Korean nuclear problem | | |
| 17 | 朝韩 | 朝韓 | cháo hán | Chao2 Han2 | North and South Korea | | |
| 18 | 朝海 | 朝海 | cháo hǎi | chao2 hai3 | Chaohai | | |
| 19 | 朝贡 | 朝貢 | cháo gòng | chao2 gong4 | to present tribute (to the emperor) | | |
| 20 | 朝纲 | 朝綱 | cháo gāng | chao2 gang1 | laws and discipline of imperial court | | |
| 21 | 朝服 | 朝服 | cháo fú | chao2 fu2 | court dress in former times | | |
| 22 | 朝房 | 朝房 | cháo fáng | chao2 fang2 | reception room for officials (in former times) | | |
| 23 | 朝代 | 朝代 | cháo dài | chao2 dai4 | dynasty; reign (of a king) | | |
| 24 | 朝臣 | 朝臣 | cháo chén | chao2 chen2 | court councilor | | |
| 25 | 朝拜圣山 | 朝拜聖山 | cháo bài shèng shān | chao2 bai4 sheng4 shan1 | a pilgrimage to a holy mountain | | |