| 朝 | cháo | 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 |
| 朝 | zhāo | morning |
| 朝鲜 | Cháo xiǎn | Korean Joseon or Chosun dynasty 1392-1910; North Korea; Korea as geographic term |
| 朝廷 | cháo tíng | court; imperial household; dynasty |
| 朝着 | cháo zhe | facing; advancing (towards) |
| 朝阳 | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun; 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 | zhāo yáng | the morning sun |
| 朝代 | cháo dài | dynasty; reign (of a king) |
| 朝气蓬勃 | zhāo qì péng bó | full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic; a bright spark |
| 朝向 | cháo xiàng | toward; to face; to open onto; to turn towards; orientation; exposure; Qibla (Islam) |
| 朝气 | zhāo qì | vitality; dynamism |
| 朝夕 | zhāo xī | morning and night; all the time |
| 朝野 | cháo yě | all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people |
| 朝鲜族 | Cháo xiǎn zú | Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China); the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) |
| 朝贡 | cháo gòng | to present tribute (to the emperor) |
| 朝见 | cháo jiàn | to have an audience (with the Emperor) |
| 朝拜 | cháo bài | to worship; to make customary deferences to; a pilgrimage |
| 朝三暮四 | zhāo sān mù sì | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive; to blow hot and cold |
| 朝不保夕 | zhāo bù bǎo xī | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis; living from hand to mouth |
| 朝不虑夕 | zhāo bù lǜ xī | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis; living from hand to mouth |
| 朝中 | Cháo Zhōng | North Korea-China |
| 朝中社 | Cháo zhōng shè | abbr. for 朝鲜中央通讯社 |
| 朝令夕改 | zhāo lìng xī gǎi | to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) |
| 朝前 | cháo qián | facing forwards |
| 朝劳动党 | Cháo láo dòng dǎng | Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea |
| 朝天 | cháo tiān | 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 |
| 朝天区 | Cháo tiān qū | Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 广元市, Sichuan |
| 朝山进香 | cháo shān jìn xiāng | to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom) |
| 朝后 | cháo hòu | backwards; facing back |
| 朝思暮想 | zhāo sī mù xiǎng | to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) |
| 朝房 | cháo fáng | reception room for officials (in former times) |
| 朝拜圣山 | cháo bài shèng shān | a pilgrimage to a holy mountain |
| 朝族 | Cháo zú | Korean ethnic group of Jilin province and northeast China; same as 朝鲜族 |
| 朝日 | cháo rì | morning sun; Asahi |
| 朝日放送 | Cháo rì Fàng sòng | Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |
| 朝日新闻 | Cháo rì Xīn wén | Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper) |
| 朝服 | cháo fú | court dress in former times |
| 朝朝暮暮 | zhāo zhāo mù mù | from dawn to dusk; all the time |
| 朝核问题 | Cháo hé wèn tí | Korean nuclear problem |
| 朝歌 | Zhāo gē | Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝; Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇县, Hebi 鹤壁, Henan |
| 朝歌镇 | Zhāo gē zhèn | Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇县, Hebi 鹤壁, Henan |
| 朝永・振一郎 | Cháo yǒng · Zhèn yī láng | TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger |
| 朝珠 | cháo zhū | court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads) |
| 朝秦暮楚 | zhāo Qín mù Chǔ | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides |
| 朝纲 | cháo gāng | laws and discipline of imperial court |
| 朝圣 | cháo shèng | to make a pilgrimage; a pilgrimage to a holy mountain |
| 朝圣者 | cháo shèng zhě | pilgrim |
| 朝闻夕改 | zhāo wén xī gǎi | lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening; to correct an error very quickly (idiom) |
| 朝臣 | cháo chén | court councilor |
| 朝觐 | cháo jìn | to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam) |
