English
- bright, luminous
- bright
- illustrious
- clear
- manifest
- to show clearly
- used in names
粵語
- 用於人名
As a component in
Words containing 昭
- 昭和ciu1 wo4
Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2]
- 昭陽ciu1 joeng4
see 昭陽區|昭阳区[Zhao1 yang2 Qu1]
- 昭通ciu1 tung1
see 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4]
- 昭德ciu1 dak1
- 昭化ciu1 faa3
see 昭化區|昭化区[Zhao1 hua4 Qu1]
- 昭平ciu1 ping4
see 昭平縣|昭平县[Zhao1 ping2 Xian4]
- 昭蘇ciu1 sou1
see 昭蘇縣|昭苏县[Zhao1 su1 Xian4]
- 昭雪ciu1 syut3
to exonerate
- 昭覺ciu1 gok3
see 昭覺縣|昭觉县[Zhao1 jue2 Xian4]
- 昭儀ciu1 ji4
first-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked one level below the empress)
- 昭示ciu1 si6
to declare publicly
- 惡名昭彰ok3 ming4 ciu1 zoeng1
infamous
- 王昭君wong4 ciu1 gwan1
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
- 昭然若揭ciu1 jin4 joek6 kit3
abundantly clear
- 眾目昭彰zung3 muk6 ciu1 zoeng1
lit. the masses are sharp-eyed (idiom)
- 司馬昭si1 maa5 ciu1
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4]
- 昭通市ciu1 tung1 si5
Zhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
- 臭名昭著cau3 ming4 ciu1 zyu3
notorious
- 昭化區ciu1 faa3 keoi1
Zhaohua, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 Shi4], Sichuan
- 昭平縣ciu1 ping4 jyun6
Zhaoping, a county in Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi
- 昭蘇縣ciu1 sou1 jyun6
Zhaosu, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
- 昭陽區ciu1 joeng4 keoi1
Zhaoyang, a district of Zhaotong City 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4], Yunnan
- 昭覺縣ciu1 gok3 jyun6
Zhaojue, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan
- 大昭寺daai6 ciu1 zi6
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism