| 朝 | cháo | imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards; abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea |
| 朝 | zhāo | morning |
| 朝鲜 | Cháo xiǎn | Korean Joseon or Chosun dynasty 1392-1910; North Korea; Korea as geographic term |
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty |
| 朝廷 | cháo tíng | court; imperial household; dynasty |
| 元朝 | Yuán cháo | Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) |
| 朝着 | cháo zhe | facing; advancing (towards) |
| 南朝鲜 | Nán cháo xiǎn | South Korea (esp. North Korean usage) |
| 南北朝 | Nán běi cháo | Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) |
| 南朝 | Nán Cháo | Southern Dynasties (420-589) |
| 朝阳 | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun; Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality; Chaoyang prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China; Chaoyang district of Changchun city 长春市, Jilin; Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝阳, Liaoning |
| 朝阳 | zhāo yáng | the morning sun |
| 皇朝 | huáng cháo | the imperial court; the government in imperial times |
| 朝代 | cháo dài | dynasty; reign (of a king) |
| 中朝 | Zhōng Cháo | Sino-Korean; China and North Korea |
| 北朝 | Běi Cháo | Northern Dynasties (386-581) |
| 在朝 | zài cháo | sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members) |
| 六朝 | Liù Cháo | Six Dynasties (220-589) |
| 朝气蓬勃 | zhāo qì péng bó | full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic; a bright spark |
| 今朝 | jīn zhāo | at the present; now |
| 朝向 | cháo xiàng | toward; to face; to open onto; to turn towards; orientation; exposure; Qibla (Islam) |
| 改朝换代 | gǎi cháo huàn dài | transition period between dynasties; an interregnum |
| 朝气 | zhāo qì | vitality; dynamism |
| 有朝一日 | yǒu zhāo yī rì | one day; sometime in the future |
| 朝夕 | zhāo xī | morning and night; all the time |
| 朝野 | cháo yě | all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people |
| 朝鲜族 | Cháo xiǎn zú | Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China); the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) |
| 朝贡 | cháo gòng | to present tribute (to the emperor) |
| 朝见 | cháo jiàn | to have an audience (with the Emperor) |
| 朝拜 | cháo bài | to worship; to make customary deferences to; a pilgrimage |
| 朝三暮四 | zhāo sān mù sì | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive; to blow hot and cold |
一朝被蛇咬，
十年怕井绳 | yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo ,
shí nián pà jǐng shéng | once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope; once bitten, twice shy (idiom) |
| 人生如朝露 | rén shēng rú zhāo lù | human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence |
| 人生朝露 | rén shēng zhāo lù | human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence |
| 俄中朝 | É Zhōng Cháo | Russia, China and North Korea |
| 倭马亚王朝 | Wō mǎ yà wáng cháo | Umayyad empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate |
| 伪朝 | wěi cháo | bogus dynasty; pretender |
| 六朝四大家 | liù cháo sì dà jiā | Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不兴, Gu Kaizhi 顾恺之, Lu Tanwei 陆探微 and Zhang Sengyou 张僧繇 |
| 六朝时代 | liù cháo shí dài | the six dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang |
| 冀朝铸 | Jì Cháo zhù | Ji Chaozhu (1929-), Chinese diplomat |
| 前朝 | qián cháo | the previous dynasty |
| 北朝鲜 | Běi Cháo xiǎn | North Korea (esp. Japanese usage) |
| 南朝宋 | Nán cháo Sòng | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing; also known as Liu Song 刘宋 |
| 南朝梁 | Nán cháo Liáng | Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557) |
| 南朝陈 | Nán cháo Chén | Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589) |
| 南朝齐 | Nán cháo Qí | Qi of Southern dynasties (479-502) |
| 危如朝露 | wēi rú zhāo lù | precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence |
| 危若朝露 | wēi ruò zhāo lù | precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day |
| 吐蕃王朝 | Tǔ bō wáng cháo | the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD |
| 周朝 | Zhōu cháo | Zhou Dynasty; Eastern Zhou 东周 (1046-771 BC) and Western Zhou 西周 (770-221 BC) |
