朝 cháo

1. cháo verb to face
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 对 or 向 (Guoyu '朝' cháo v 3)
2. cháo noun dynasty
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '朝' cháo n 2; Mathews 1931 '朝', p. 27; Unihan '朝')
3. cháo proper noun Korea
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Korea , Concept: Country 国家
   Notes: Abbreviation for 朝鲜 (CC-CEDICT '朝')
4. zhāo noun morning; dawn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 早晨; for example, in the idiom 一朝一夕 'one morning and one evening' alluding to a short period of time (Guoyu '朝' zhāo n 1; Mathews 1931 '朝', p. 26; Unihan '朝')
5. cháo noun the imperial court
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '朝' cháo n 1; Mathews 1931 '朝', p. 27)
6. zhāo noun a day
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 日 or 天 (Guoyu '朝' zhāo n 2)
7. zhāo proper noun Zhao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '朝' zhāo n 3)
8. zhāo adjective having vitality
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '朝' zhāo adj)
9. cháo verb to meet somebody; to visit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '朝' cháo v 1; Mathews 1931 '朝', p. 27)
10. cháo verb to worship
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '朝' cháo v 2)
11. zhāo adjective early
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: ( Mathews 1931 '朝', p. 26)

Contained in

• 日朝 Japan and Korea
• 前朝 the previous dynasty
• 诘朝(詰朝) tomorrow morning
• 人生朝露 human life as the morning dew; ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
• 重译来朝(重譯來朝) repeatedly sent emissaries to visit the court
• 朝朝 every day
• 朝亿(朝億) court standards of etiquitte
• 临朝(臨朝) to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne
• 朝鲜(朝鮮) Korea; North Korea ; Joseon; Chosŏn; Choson; Chosun; Cho-sen
• 朝阳产业(朝陽產業) sunrise industry
• 辍朝(輟朝) to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune
• 朝四暮三 four [chestnuts] in the morning and three in the evening
• 朝砂 to make a pilgrimage to a great mountain or temple
• 北朝鲜(北朝鮮) North Korea
• 朝阳(朝陽) Chaoyang District ; early monring sun ; the east side of a mountain ; facing the sun ; Chaoyang County
• 朝向 toward; to face; to open onto; to turn towards; orientation; exposure; Qibla (Islam)
• 朝命暮改 the morning's orders changed in the evening
• 朝政 court business
• 朝章 court rules
• 四脚朝天(四腳朝天) four legs facing the sky; flat on one's back
• 朝中社 Abbreviation for 朝鮮中央通訊社|朝鲜中央通讯社
• 朝门(朝門) entrance portal (to a palace); propylaeum
• 朝过夕改(朝過夕改) to correct in the evening a fault of the morning; to quickly amend one's ways
• 朝圣(朝聖) to make a pilgrimage
• 灭此朝食(滅此朝食) not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed; anxious to do battle
• 危若朝露 precarious as morning dew; unlikely to last out the day
• 抗美援朝 Resist US, help North Korea
• 只争朝夕(只爭朝夕) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time

Also contained in

莫卧儿王朝 、 萨桑王朝 、 朝阳市 、 朝清 、 朝阳区 、 新朝 、 元朝秘史 、 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 、 雅隆王朝 、 晋朝 、 朝韩 、 孔雀王朝 、 南朝宋 、 清皇朝 、 清朝 、 丁朝 、 南朝陈 、 六朝四大家 、 宋朝 、 吐蕃王朝 、 朝鲜八道 、 喀拉汗王朝 、 朝鲜总督府

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷8 世宗紀 Volum 8 Annals: Shizong (Emperor Xuanwu) Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 61
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 61
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 55
• 卷一百十六 志第六十九 禮十九 Volume 116 Treatises 69: Rites 19 History of Song 宋史 — count: 52
• 卷五十三 志第二十九 禮七 Volume 53 Treatises 29: Rites 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 52
• 卷二百八十五 列傳第四十四 陳執中 劉沆 馮拯 賈昌朝 梁適 Volume 285 Biographies 44: Chen Zhizhong, Liu Hang, Feng Zheng, Jia Changchao, Liang Shi History of Song 宋史 — count: 49
• 卷九 　本紀第九:　章宗一 Volume 9 Annals 9: Zhangzong 1 History of Jin 金史 — count: 48
• 卷一百八十四 列傳第一百三十四: 宦官 Volume 184 Biographies 134: Imperial Officials Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 48
• 卷二百四十四 列傳第一百三十二 楊漣 左光斗 魏大中 周朝瑞 袁化中 顧大章 王之寀 Volume 244 Biographies 132: Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang, Wang Zhicai History of Ming 明史 — count: 45
• 卷二百零七 列傳第一百三十二 宦者上 Volume 207 Biographies 132: Imperial Officials 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 43

Collocations

• 子朝 (子朝) 使宣子朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 12
• 始朝 (始朝) 始朝桓王也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
• 朝吴 (朝吳) 事朝吳曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 公子朝 (公子朝) 公子朝為司寇 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 朝公 (朝公) 蕭叔朝公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
• 朝王 (朝王) 鄭伯以齊人朝王 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 侯朝 (侯朝) 晉侯朝王 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 公朝 (公朝) 公朝于王所 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 蔡朝 (蔡朝) 蔡朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 朝曰 (朝曰) 季文子言於朝曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4