| 1 | 赵 | 趙 | zhào | zhao4 | surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms; to surpass (old) | | |
| 2 | 赵紫阳 | 趙紫陽 | zhào zǐ yáng | Zhao4 Zi3 yang2 | Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then | | |
| 3 | 赵子龙 | 趙子龍 | zhào zǐ lóng | Zhao4 Zi3 long2 | courtesy name of Zhao Yun 赵云 , general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | | |
| 4 | 赵公明 | 趙公明 | zhào gōng míng | Zhao4 Gong1 ming2 | Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | | |
| 5 | 赵公元帅 | 趙公元帥 | zhào gōng yuán shuài | Zhao4 gong1 yuan2 shuai4 | Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | | |
| 6 | 赵家人 | 趙家人 | zhào jiā rén | Zhao4 jia1 ren2 | (neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC) | | |
| 7 | 赵玄坛 | 趙玄壇 | zhào xuán tán | Zhao4 Xuan2 tan2 | Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | | |
| 8 | 赵宋 | 趙宋 | zhào sòng | Zhao4 Song4 | Song dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479) | | |
| 9 | 赵乐际 | 趙樂際 | zhào lè jì | Zhao4 Le4 ji4 | Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | | |
| 10 | 赵薇 | 趙薇 | zhào wēi | Zhao4 Wei1 | Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star | | |
| 11 | 赵县 | 趙縣 | zhào xiàn | Zhao4 Xian4 | Zhao County in Shijiazhuang 石家庄 , Hebei | | |
| 12 | 赵晔 | 趙曄 | zhào yè | Zhao4 Ye4 | Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吴越春秋 | | |
| 13 | 赵翼 | 趙翼 | zhào yì | Zhao4 Yi4 | Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家 | | |
| 14 | 赵元任 | 趙元任 | zhào yuán rèn | Zhao4 Yuan2 ren4 | Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist | | |
| 15 | 赵云 | 趙雲 | zhào yún | Zhao4 Yun2 | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | | |
| 16 | 赵忠尧 | 趙忠堯 | zhào zhōng yáo | Zhao4 Zhong1 yao2 | Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist | | |
| 17 | 赵州桥 | 趙州橋 | zhào zhōu qiáo | Zhao4 zhou1 Qiao2 | Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河 (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge | | |
| 18 | 赵树理 | 趙樹理 | zhào shù lǐ | Zhao4 Shu4 li3 | Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist | | |
| 19 | 赵岐 | 趙岐 | zhào qí | Zhao4 Qi2 | Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子 | | |
| 20 | 赵括 | 趙括 | zhào kuò | Zhao4 Kuo4 | Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 赵国 , who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 马服子 | | |
| 21 | 赵匡胤 | 趙匡胤 | zhào kuāng yìn | Zhao4 Kuang1 yin4 | Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976) | | |
| 22 | 赵客 | 趙客 | zhào kè | Zhao4 ke4 | knight of the Zhao State; generic term for a knight-errant | | |
| 23 | 赵军 | 趙軍 | zhào jūn | Zhao4 jun1 | army of Zhao 赵国 during the Warring States | | |
| 24 | 赵惠文王 | 趙惠文王 | zhào huì wén wáng | Zhao4 Hui4 wen2 Wang2 | King Huiwen of Zhao 赵国 , reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period | | |
| 25 | 赵国 | 趙國 | zhào guó | Zhao4 Guo2 | Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC) | | |