Chao

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Chao may refer to:

People

• Chao (surname), various Chinese surnames (including 晁 and 巢, as well as non-Pinyin spellings)
• Zhou (surname) (周), may also be spelled Chao
• Zhao (surname) (趙/赵), may also be spelled Chao in Taiwan and some countries/regions in South-East Asia.

Places

• Chao, Virú, Peru
  • Chao District
  • Chao Valley
• Cerro Chao, or Chao volcano, a lava flow in Chile
• Chao Lake, in Hefei, Anhui Province, China
• Chao (state), a minor state of the Chinese Bronze Age
• Ilhéu Chão, in the Madeira archipelago

Other uses

• Chao (currency) (鈔), the banknote used in Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China
• Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog), a fictional species
• Chao method, a way of indicating Chinese tones devised by Yuen Ren Chao
• Chǎo technique (炒), a Chinese stir frying technique
• Chao, part of several Thai royal ranks and titles
  • Chao (monarchy), a title of the Lan Na royal family members
• Cháo, the Vietnamese version of congee

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Chao
• All pages with titles containing Chao
• Cao (disambiguation)
• Chaos (disambiguation)
• Charo (disambiguation)
• Chau (disambiguation)
• Choa (disambiguation)
• Chow (disambiguation)
• Zhao (disambiguation)
• Ciao (disambiguation)
• Chao Phraya River, Thailand
• Sacred Chao, a symbol of Discordianism

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