| 朝廷 | cháo tíng | court; imperial household; dynasty | |
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty | |
| 朝阳 | cháo yáng | Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality; Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China; Chaoyang district of Changchun city 长春市 , Jilin; Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝阳 , Liaoning | |
| 朝阳 | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun | |
| 朝代HSK 6 | cháo dài | dynasty; reign (of a king) |
| 明朝 | míng zhāo | tomorrow morning; the following morning | |
| 朝阳 | zhāo yáng | the morning sun | |
| 朝气 | zhāo qì | vitality; dynamism | |
| 朝气蓬勃HSK 6 | zhāo qì péng bó | full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic; a bright spark | |
| 朝日 | zhāo rì | Asahi (Japanese place name, company name etc) |
| 1 | We need to head east. | |
| 2 | The dog barked loudly at the mailman. | |
| 3 | The door of this building faces south. | |
| 4 | He goes running towards the east every morning. | |
| 5 | The official language of this country is Korean. |