Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian

Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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.

Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)

Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu (927-976)

courtesy name of Zhao Yun ([[赵云|趙雲|Zhao4 Yun2]]), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

General of the state of Zhao (d. 260 BC) whose incompetence at the Battle of Changping led to the total annihilation of his army; the figure behind the idiom 'fighting on paper'.

Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), a notoriously corrupt and powerful eunuch of the Qin Dynasty who played a key role in its collapse.

Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)

The army of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period.

Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), a Chinese proletarian novelist

to return something intact to its rightful owner

Zhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor [[宋高宗|宋高宗|Song4 Gao1 zong1]] (reigned 1127-1162)

Zhao County or Zhaoxian, a county in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei

Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist

Former Zhao, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329 AD)

to relieve a besieged ally or unit by attacking the enemy's home base or a vulnerable point

Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River in Zhao county, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge

Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist

Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of the three great poets of the Qianlong era ([[乾嘉三大家|乾嘉三大家|Qian2 Jia1 San1 Da4 jia1]])

Zhao Qi (d. 201 AD), Han dynasty commentator on Mencius [[孟子|孟子|Meng4 zi3]]

Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue [[吴越春秋|吳越春秋|Wu2 Yue4 Chun1 qiu1]]

Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

King Huiwen of Zhao [[赵国|趙國|Zhao4 Guo2]], reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period

(neologism 2015) the Zhao family; a derogatory term for those who hold political power in the PRC

(idiom) any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone

Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism

four proverbial names equivalent to Tom, Dick and Harry

A generic literary term for a heroic swordsman or knight-errant.

the Song dynasty (960-1279), founded by the Zhao family, named to distinguish it from the Liu Song of the Southern dynasties

Beautiful women, particularly dancers and singers traditionally associated with the Yan and Zhao regions.

Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, lead editor of the Draft History of the Qing dynasty ([[清史稿|清史稿|Qing1 shi3 gao3]])