| 周王朝 | Zhōu wáng cháo | the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC |
| 唐朝 | Táng cháo | Tang dynasty (618-907) |
| 商朝 | Shāng cháo | Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) |
| 喀拉汗王朝 | Kā lā hàn wáng cháo | Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century |
| 四脚朝天 | sì jiǎo cháo tiān | four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back |
| 夏朝 | Xià Cháo | Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC) |
| 夏王朝 | Xià wáng cháo | Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC |
| 天朝 | Tiān cháo | Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on Imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom |
| 孔雀王朝 | Kǒng què wáng cháo | Maurya dynasty of India (322-185 BC) |
| 宋朝 | Sòng cháo | Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) |
| 延边朝鲜族自治州 | Yán biān Cháo xiān zú zì zhì zhōu | Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 |
| 抗美援朝 | kàng Měi yuán Cháo | Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) |
| 改朝 | gǎi cháo | change of dynasties |
| 新朝 | Xīn cháo | the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han |
| 新罗王朝 | Xīn luó wáng cháo | Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD; one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百济 and Koguryo 高句丽 around 660 in alliance with Tang China; unified Silla 658-935 |
| 日朝 | Rì Cháo | Japan and Korea (esp. North Korea) |
| 明朝 | Míng cháo | Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
| 明朝 | míng zhāo | tomorrow morning; the following morning |
| 明朝体 | Míng cháo tǐ | Mincho font |
| 有朝 | yǒu zhāo | one day; sometime in the future |
| 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) |
