| 赵 | zhào | 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 |
| 赵树理 | Zhào Shù lǐ | Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist |
| 赵匡胤 | Zhào Kuāng yìn | Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976) |
| 前赵 | Qián Zhào | Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329) |
| 围魏救赵 | wéi wèi jiù zhào | to besiege 魏 and rescue 赵; to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers (idiom) |
| 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 |
张三，
李四，
王五，
赵六 | Zhāng sān ,
Lǐ sì ,
Wáng wǔ ,
Zhào liù | four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry |
| 张王李赵 | Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào | anyone; Mr Average; any Tom, Dick or Harry |
| 后赵 | Hòu Zhào | Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350) |
| 燕赵 | Yān Zhào | Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers |
| 燕赵都市报 | Yān Zhào Dū shì Bào | Yanzhao Metropolis Daily |
| 豌豆赵 | wān dòu zhào | "Pea Zhao" (person nickname, pea gruel seller) |
| 赵元任 | Zhào Yuán rèn | Chao Yuenren, a Chinese American linguist who devised the Gwoyeu romatzyh or Guoyu romazi 国语罗马字 romanization system |
| 赵国 | Zhào Guó | Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC) |
| 赵宋 | Zhào Sòng | Song dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479) |
| 赵客 | Zhào kè | knight of the Zhao State; generic term for a knight-errant |
| 赵岐 | Zhào Qí | Zhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子 |
| 赵州桥 | Zhào zhōu qiáo | Zhaozhou bridge over Xiao River 洨河 in Zhao county 赵县, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代 (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge |
| 赵忠尧 | Zhào Zhōng yáo | Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist |
| 赵惠文王 | Zhào Huì wén Wáng | King Huiwen of Zhao 赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period |
| 赵括 | Zhào Kuò | 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 |
| 赵晔 | Zhào Yè | Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吴越春秋 |
| 赵本山 | Zhào Běn shān | Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian |
| 赵构 | Zhào Gòu | Zhao Gou, personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gao Zong 高宗 |
| 赵尔巽 | Zhào Ěr xùn | Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿 |
| 赵紫阳 | Zhào Zǐ yáng | 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 |
| 赵县 | Zhào xiàn | Zhao county in Shijiazhuang 石家庄, Hebei |
| 赵翼 | Zhào Yì | Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家 |
| 赵薇 | Zhào Wēi | Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star |
| 赵军 | Zhào jūn | army of Zhao 赵国 during the Warring States |
| 赵云 | Zhào Yún | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms |
