Zhao ( / dʒ aʊ / ; traditional Chinese : 趙 ; simplified Chinese : 赵 ; pinyin : Zhào ; Wade–Giles : Chao⁴ ) is a Chinese-language surname . The name is first in the Hundred Family Surnames – the traditional list of all Chinese surnames – because it was the emperor's surname of the Song dynasty (960–1279) when the list was compiled. The first line of the poem is 趙錢孫李 (Zhao, Qian , Sun , Li ).
30-551: (Redirected from Zhao Dynasty ) Zhao may refer to: Zhao (surname) (赵), a Chinese surname commonly spelled Chao in Taiwan or up until the early 20th century in other regions Chiu , from the Cantonese pronunciation Cho (Korean surname) , represent the Hanja 趙 (Chinese: Zhao) Triệu , a Vietnamese surname which is the equivalent of
60-555: A character in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender Chinese history [ edit ] Zhao (state) (403 BC–222 BC), a Warring States period state Triệu dynasty (204 BC–111 BC), or Zhao dynasty, the ruling house of the Nanyue state Zhao Kingdom (Han dynasty) (203 BC–213 AD), a kingdom or principality in the Han dynasty Han-Zhao (304–329), a Sixteen Kingdoms state, known as Zhao (趙) after 319 Later Zhao (319–351),
90-850: A "first-name basis", which involves their given names, accompanied by proper kinship terms . In a few localities of Vietnam, for examples, in Hanoi 's Sơn Đồng commune (Hoài Đức district), Tân Lập commune (Đan Phượng district), Cấn Hữu, Tân Hoà, Cộng Hoà, commune (Quốc Oai district), and in Hưng Yên province 's Liên Khê commune (Khoái Châu district), there is a custom of daughters taking the fathers' middle names, not family names, as their surnames; therefore arise such female surnames such as Đắc, Đình, Sỹ, Tri, Ngọc, Văn, Tiếp, Doãn, Quế, Danh, Hữu, Khắc, etc. Sons, in contrast, bear their fathers' family names as surnames. There exist several explanations for this custom: Most Vietnamese have one middle name (tên đệm), but it
120-463: A Sixteen Kingdoms state Zhao (Five Dynasties period) (910–921), a Five Dynasties period state House of Zhao (960–1279), the imperial clan of the Song Empire See also [ edit ] Zhao Mausoleum (disambiguation) Chao (disambiguation) Zhou (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
150-514: A Vietnamese name. Vietnamese names have corresponding Hán character adopted early on during Chinese rule . Vietnamese script is fully transliterated (romanized), because the previous script, chữ Nôm , was replaced by chữ Quốc ngữ , which was made compulsory during the French colonial era . The family name (tên họ) is positioned first and is passed on by the father to his children in a traditionally patrilineal order , but exceptions are possible. It
180-399: A broader range of names has been used, and people named Thị usually omit their middle name because they do not like to call it with their name. Thị is a most common female middle name, and most common amongst pre-1975 generation but less common amongst younger generations. Thị ( 氏 ) is an archaic Sino-Vietnamese suffix meaning "clan; family; lineage; hereditary house" and attached to
210-476: A suffix, similar to China and Korea . In recent years, doctors are more likely than any other social group to be addressed by their family name, but that form of reference is more common in the north than in the south. Some extremely famous people are sometimes referred to by their family names, such as Hồ Chí Minh ( Bác Hồ —" Uncle Hồ " ) (however, his real surname is Nguyễn), Trịnh Công Sơn ( nhạc Trịnh —" Trịnh music " ), and Hồ Xuân Hương ( nữ sĩ họ Hồ —"
240-582: A woman's original family name, but now is used to simply indicate the female sex. For example, the name "Trần Thị Mai Loan" means "Mai Loan, a female person of the Trần family"; meanwhile, the name "Nguyễn Lê Thị An" means "An, a female person of the Nguyễn and Lê families". Some traditional male middle names may include Văn ( 文 ), Hữu ( 友 ), Đức ( 德 ), Thành ( 誠 ), Công ( 公 ), Minh ( 明 ), and Quang ( 光 ). The middle name can have several uses, with
270-417: Is estimated that there are around 100 family names in common use, but some are far more common than others. The name Nguyễn was estimated to be the most common (40%) in 2005. The reason the top three names are so common is that people tended to take the family names of emperors, to show loyalty to particular dynasties in history. Over many generations, those family names became permanent. The following are
300-650: Is limited. Further, some historical names may be written using different chữ Hán ( Chinese characters ), but are still written the same in the modern Vietnamese alphabet. According to the English-language Chicago Manual of Style , Vietnamese names in are indexed according to the " given name , then surname + middle name ", with a cross-reference placed in regards to the family name. Ngô Đình Diệm would be listed as "Diệm, Ngô Đình" and Võ Nguyên Giáp would be listed as "Giáp, Võ Nguyên". In Vietnamese, Vietnamese names are also typically sorted using
330-455: Is quite common to have two or more or to have no middle name at all. Middle names can be standalone (e.g. Văn or Thị ), but is often combined with the given name for a more meaningful overall name, where the middle name is part of the overall given name. In the past, the middle name was selected by parents from a fairly narrow range of options. Almost all women had Thị ( 氏 ) as their middle name, and many men had Văn ( 文 ). More recently,
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#1732852578562360-546: Is the primary form of address for Vietnamese. It is chosen by parents and usually has a literal meaning in the Vietnamese language . Names often represent beauty, such as bird or flower names, or attributes and characteristics that the parents want in their child, such as modesty ( Khiêm , 謙). Typically, Vietnamese will be addressed with their given name, even in formal situations, although an honorific equivalent to "Mr.", "Mrs.", etc. will be added when necessary. That contrasts with
390-757: Is unknown. In more informal contexts or in the Western world, given name can be written first then family name e.g. Châu Bùi or Thanh Trần . The Vietnamese language is tonal and so are Vietnamese names. Names with the same spelling but different tones represent different meanings, which can confuse people when the diacritics are dropped, as is commonly done outside Vietnam (e.g. Đoàn ( [ɗʷà:n] ) vs Doãn ( [zʷǎ:ˀn] ), both become Doan when diacritics are omitted). Additionally, some Vietnamese names can only be differentiated via context or with their corresponding chữ Hán , such as 夏 (Hạ) or 賀 (Hạ). Anyone applying for Vietnamese nationality must also adopt
420-577: Is usual throughout the East Asian cultural sphere or Sinosphere ; but "middle names" are less common in Chinese and Korean names and uncommon in Japanese names . Persons can be referred to by the whole name, the given name, or a hierarchic pronoun , which usually connotes a degree of family relationship or kinship – but referring via given name is most common, as well as if degree of family relationship or kinship
450-571: The Cantonese pronunciation, and is romanized in Taiwan and Hong Kong as " Chao " in the Wade–Giles system. It is cognate with the Vietnamese family name " Triệu " and with the Korean family name most commonly romanized as " Cho " (조). The romanization is shared with the much rarer family name Zhào (兆). In Lu Xun 's novel The True Story of Ah Q , Ah Q said he belonged to the same clan as Mr. Zhao, who
480-553: The People's Liberation Army . ' How could you be named Zhao! ' is popular to satirize the people who are humble but pretend to be powerful. In 2016, the blog writer Program Think set up a GitHub project named Zhao. The project collects the relationships among more than 700 people in over 130 families including Xi Jinping , the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party , and many other high level government officials of
510-468: The Vietnamese alphabet . Some more well-known saints' names are derived further into names that sound more Vietnamese or easier to pronounce for Vietnamese speakers. Some names may appear the same if simplified into a basic ASCII script, as for example on websites, but are different names: Typically, as in the above examples, it is middle or the last personal given name which varies, as almost any Hán-Nôm character may be used. The number of family names
540-479: The Chinese Communist Party. The Cyberspace Administration of China requested GitHub to remove the project. Error status code 451 would be reached if the connection request to the project is from China. Vietnamese name Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order . But not every name is conformant. For example: The "family name first" written order
570-626: The Mandarin Chinese surname Zhao (趙) Zhao County , in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China Zhao family (disambiguation) Zhao family (Internet slang) , based on the surname Zhao, an internet term in China which refers to the ruling elite and the rich 兆 (zhào), a Chinese numeral which usually represents 10 or 10 Mega- , corresponding SI prefix in China, equals to 10 Tera- , corresponding SI prefix in Taiwan, equals to 10 Admiral Zhao,
600-561: The Vietnamese population. The following list includes less-common surnames in alphabetical order which make up the other 10% (2005), now 16.3% (2022): In Vietnamese culture, women keep their family names once they marry, whilst the progeny tend to have the father's family name, although names can often be combined from a father's and mother's family name, e.g. Nguyễn Lê, Phạm Vũ, Kim Lý etc. In formal contexts, people are referred to by their full name. In more casual contexts, people are always on
630-642: The family name, in formal religious contexts. Out of respect, clergy are usually referred to by saints' name. The saint's name also functions as a posthumous name , used instead of an individual's given name in prayers after their death. The most common saints' names are taken from the New Testament , such as Phêrô (Peter, or Pierre in French), Phaolô (Paul), Gioan (John), Maria (Mary), and Anna or they may remain as they are without Vietnamisation. Saints' names are respelled phonetically according to
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#1732852578562660-409: The fourth being most common nowadays: The first three are not as common in the present-day as they are seen as too rigid and strictly conforming to family naming systems. Most middle names utilise the fourth, having a name to simply imply some positive characteristics. In most cases, the middle name is formally part of the given name (tên gọi). For example, the name "Đinh Quang Dũng" is separated into
690-561: The given name Kim Phúc . The Rade people in Vietnam's Central Highlands have a unique first name structure, with male names starting with the letter Y, and female names starting with the letter H. For examples, Y-Abraham, Y-Samuel, H'Mari, H'Sarah. Vietnamese Catholics are given a saint's name at baptism ( Vietnamese : tên thánh (holy name) or tên rửa tội (baptism name) ). Boys are given male saints' names, while girls are given female saints' names. This name appears first, before
720-483: The most common family names among Vietnamese, with their chữ Quốc ngữ spelling, and their corresponding Hán-Nôm characters, which are now obsolete. The figures are from a 2022 study 100 họ phổ biến ở Việt Nam (100 Most Popular Surnames/Family Names In Vietnam) from the Vietnamese Social Science Publisher ( Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội ). In 2005, these 14 names had accounted for around 90% of
750-473: The poetess with the family name Hồ " ). Traditionally, people in Vietnam, particularly North Vietnam, addressed parents using the first child's name: Mr and Mrs Anh or Master Minh. When being addressed within the family, children are sometimes referred to by their birth number, starting with one in the north but two in the south. That practice is less common recently, especially in the north. Double names are also common. For example, Phan Thị Kim Phúc has
780-477: The same order. But at the present, Vietnamese names are commonly indexed according " middle-name given-name then SURNAME " in Western name order , or " SURNAME then middle-name given-name " in Eastern name order , to determine exactly the part of surname, especially in media (TV, website, SNS) at events of sports games. This method is similar to Chinese names or Korean names in events. For example: Due to
810-583: The situation in many other cultures in which the family name is used in formal situations, but it is a practice similar to usage in Icelandic usage and, to some degree, Polish . It is similar to the Latin-American and southern European custom of referring to women as " Doña/Dona " and men as " Don/Dom ", along with their first name. Addressing someone by the family name is rare. In the past, women were usually called by their (maiden) family name, with thị (氏) as
840-406: The surname "Đinh" and the given name "Quang Dũng". In a normal name list, those two parts of the full name are put in two different columns. However, in daily conversation, the last word in a given name with a title before it is used to call or address a person: "Ông Dũng", "Anh Dũng", etc., with "Ông" and "Anh" being words to address the person and depend on age, social position, etc. The given name
870-498: The title Zhao . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhao&oldid=1181597814#Chinese_history " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zhao (surname) Zhao may be romanized as " Chiu " from
900-563: Was an honored landlord of the village. Mr. Zhao was very angry. He slapped Ah Q's face and said, ' How could you be named Zhao!—Do you think you are worthy of the name Zhao? ' Since 2015 or earlier, in the Chinese internet, Zhao became the intimation of the Chinese Communist Party and the ' State of Zhao ' became the intimation of China. Similarly, ' The Zhao Family ' refers to the dignitaries of China, and " The Zhao's Army " refers to
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