| 1 | 待诏 | 待詔 | dài zhào | dai4 zhao4 | expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties) | | |
| 2 | 遗诏 | 遺詔 | yí zhào | yi2 zhao4 | posthumous edict (of former emperor) | | |
| 3 | 诏旨 | 詔旨 | zhào zhǐ | zhao4 zhi3 | an Imperial edict | | |
| 4 | 诏谕 | 詔諭 | zhào yù | zhao4 yu4 | imperial prison; imperial decree | | |
| 5 | 诏书 | 詔書 | zhào shū | zhao4 shu1 | edict; written imperial order | | |
| 6 | 诏令 | 詔令 | zhào lìng | zhao4 ling4 | imperial order | | |
| 7 | 诏安县 | 詔安縣 | zhào ān xiàn | Zhao4 an1 xian4 | Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州 , Fujian | | |
| 8 | 诏安 | 詔安 | zhào ān | Zhao4 an1 | Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州 , Fujian | | |
| 9 | 诏 | 詔 | zhào | zhao4 | imperial order | | |
| 10 | 应诏 | 應詔 | yìng zhào | ying4 zhao4 | to respond to an imperial decree | | |
| 11 | 先帝遗诏 | 先帝遺詔 | xiān dì yí zhào | xian1 di4 yi2 zhao4 | posthumous edict of former emperor; Liu Bei's 刘备 edict to posterity | | |
| 12 | 下诏 | 下詔 | xià zhào | xia4 zhao4 | to hand down an imperial edict | | |
| 13 | 南诏国 | 南詔國 | nán zhào guó | Nan2 zhao4 guo2 | Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure | | |
| 14 | 南诏 | 南詔 | nán zhào | Nan2 zhao4 | Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia | | |
| 15 | 密诏 | 密詔 | mì zhào | mi4 zhao4 | secret imperial edict | | |
| 16 | 矫诏 | 矯詔 | jiǎo zhào | jiao3 zhao4 | the pretense of acting on imperial order | | |
| 17 | 奉诏 | 奉詔 | fèng zhào | feng4 zhao4 | to receive an imperial command | | |