Chinese Word: 赵 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

赵 (Trad.: 趙)

Pinyin: zhào

English Definition: to surpass (old); 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

Chinese Definition:
①中国古代国名(ａ．战国时代的“赵”；b．西晋结束，匈奴族、羯族先后在北方建立“赵国”，史称“前赵”、“后赵”)：赵客(战国时燕赵多侠士，遂以“赵客”为侠士通称)。燕(yān)赵(燕赵之地，泛指北方)。
②姓氏。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 走

Character Formation:

⿺ Surround from lower left
- 走 [ zǒu ] to walk, to run, to flee
- 乂 [ yì ] to govern; to control; to nurture

Similar Characters: 赳

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Example Words

完璧归赵	wán bì guī zhào	lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
后赵	hòu zhào	Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
前赵	qián zhào	Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)
围魏救赵	wéi wèi jiù zhào	lit. to besiege 魏 (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
张王李赵	zhāng wáng lǐ zhào	anyone; Mr Average; any Tom, Dick or Harry

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Example Sentences

1		jīn rì 今日 “ zhào shī fù 赵师傅 ” rú hé 如何 mǎi fáng 买房？ Today, "Zhao masters" how to buy?
2		yào shi 要是 néng 能 duō 多 yì xiē 一些 zhuān jiā 专家 jiù 就 hǎo 好 le 了， ” zhào 赵 shuō 说。 If only there were more experts," said Zhao.
3		àn zhào 按照 zhào 赵 de 的 shuō fǎ 说法， zhè 这 duì 对 zhōng guó 中国 hé běi 河北 de 的 pín qióng 贫穷 nóng cūn 农村 fū fù 夫妇 guò qù 过去 méi yǒu 没有 chǎo guò 吵过 jià 架。 The poor farming couple in Hebei province had no history of quarreling, Zhao said.
4		nǐ 你 kě néng 可能 rèn wéi 认为 zhào kūn míng 赵昆明 huì 会 xiàn mù 羡慕 nián qīng 年轻 de 的 yí dài 一代， yīn wèi 因为 tā men 他们 kě yǐ 可以 zì yóu 自由 de 地 zuò chū 做出 xuǎn zé 选择。 You might assume Zhao envies members of the younger generation, able as they are to pick and choose.
5		“ wǒ 我 xī wàng 希望 zǒng 总 yǒu yī tiān 有一天， jiě fàng 解放 le 了 hé 和 qīng jié 清洁 le 了 de 的 fǎ guó 法国 qiāng 将 bǎ 把 zhè xiē 这些 zhàn lì pǐn 战利品 sòng huán 送还 gěi 给 bèi 被 lüè duó 掠夺 de 的 zhōng guó 中国。 ” zhào 赵 yǐn yòng 引用 yǔ guǒ 雨果 shuō 说。 "I hope there will come a day when France, liberated and cleaned up, will send back this booty to a plundered China, " Zhao said, quoting from Hugo.

More Sentences

1		jīn rì 今日 “ zhào shī fù 赵师傅 ” rú hé 如何 mǎi fáng 买房？ Today, "Zhao masters" how to buy?
2		yào shi 要是 néng 能 duō 多 yì xiē 一些 zhuān jiā 专家 jiù 就 hǎo 好 le 了， ” zhào 赵 shuō 说。 If only there were more experts," said Zhao.
3		àn zhào 按照 zhào 赵 de 的 shuō fǎ 说法， zhè 这 duì 对 zhōng guó 中国 hé běi 河北 de 的 pín qióng 贫穷 nóng cūn 农村 fū fù 夫妇 guò qù 过去 méi yǒu 没有 chǎo guò 吵过 jià 架。 The poor farming couple in Hebei province had no history of quarreling, Zhao said.
4		nǐ 你 kě néng 可能 rèn wéi 认为 zhào kūn míng 赵昆明 huì 会 xiàn mù 羡慕 nián qīng 年轻 de 的 yí dài 一代， yīn wèi 因为 tā men 他们 kě yǐ 可以 zì yóu 自由 de 地 zuò chū 做出 xuǎn zé 选择。 You might assume Zhao envies members of the younger generation, able as they are to pick and choose.
5		“ wǒ 我 xī wàng 希望 zǒng 总 yǒu yī tiān 有一天， jiě fàng 解放 le 了 hé 和 qīng jié 清洁 le 了 de 的 fǎ guó 法国 qiāng 将 bǎ 把 zhè xiē 这些 zhàn lì pǐn 战利品 sòng huán 送还 gěi 给 bèi 被 lüè duó 掠夺 de 的 zhōng guó 中国。 ” zhào 赵 yǐn yòng 引用 yǔ guǒ 雨果 shuō 说。 "I hope there will come a day when France, liberated and cleaned up, will send back this booty to a plundered China, " Zhao said, quoting from Hugo.

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