朝 (cháo): abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea, imperial or royal court, government
朝 (cháo) is a Chinese character meaning “abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[chao2 xian3] korea.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 龺 (phonetic) and 月 (semantic). It ranks #593 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 朝 moon. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 有 (yǒu, to have), 朋 (péng, friend).
Definitions
- abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
- imperial or royal court
- government
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 朝
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朝鲜 | cháo xiǎn | North Korea |
| 朝着 | cháo zhe | towards |
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty |
| 朝圣 | cháo shèng | to make a pilgrimage |
| 朝向 | cháo xiàng | toward |
| 朝廷 | cháo tíng | court |
| 朝气 | zhāo qì | vitality |
| 朝鲜人 | cháo xiǎn rén | a North Korean |
| 朝拜 | cháo bài | to worship |
| 明朝 | míng zhāo | tomorrow morning |
| 今朝 | jīn zhāo | (dialect) today |
| 朝阳 | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun |
| 秦朝 | qín cháo | Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) |
| 朝政 | cháo zhèng | (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court |
| 朝夕 | zhāo xī | morning and night |
朝 appears in 100 compound words: 48 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 朝 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (28)
to be in a critical and desperate situation; to be on the verge of death (or collapse, defeat, etc.)
to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom); to quickly amend one's ways
lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom); fig. ephemeral; transient
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening; to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
to be in a critical and desperate situation; to be on the verge of death (or collapse, defeat, etc.)
to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom); to quickly amend one's ways
lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom); fig. ephemeral; transient
Showing 12 of 28 idioms containing 朝.
Example Sentences
朝着目标努力前进，终有一天会实现梦想。
Cháo zhe mùbiāo nǔlì qiánjìn, zhōng yǒu yī tiān huì shíxiàn mèngxiǎng.
Work hard toward your goals, and one day you will achieve your dreams.
敏感時刻...習近平致電金正恩 鞏固中朝關係
mǐn gǎn 時 kè . . . 習 jìn píng zhì 電 jīn zhèng ēn 鞏 gù zhōng cháo 關 係
At a sensitive moment... Xi Jinping calls Kim Jong Un to consolidate China-North Korea relations
敏感時刻 習致電金正恩 鞏固中朝關係
mǐn gǎn 時 kè 習 zhì 電 jīn zhèng ēn 鞏 gù zhōng cháo 關 係
At a sensitive moment, Xi calls Kim Jong Un to consolidate China-North Korea relations
...逆襲狂賣32億 韓團CORTIS獻聲引粉朝聖
. . . nì 襲 kuáng 賣 億 韓 團 獻 聲 yǐn fěn cháo 聖
...Surprise Hit Sells 3.2 Billion Copies K-Pop Group CORTIS Lends Their Voices, Drawing Fans on Pilgrimage
...大宅跟北方煮鍋貼過年 圈中老公杜燕歌係清朝皇族後裔
. . . dà zhái gēn běi fāng zhǔ 鍋 貼 過 nián juān zhōng lǎo gōng dù yān gē 係 qīng cháo huáng zú 後 yì
... The House and the North Cooking Pots Stickers for the New Year
...嵐陳逸璇Rock爆造型突破自己 許美琪由朝喊到晚有花名
. . . 嵐 陳 yì 璇 bào zào xíng tū pò zì jǐ 許 měi 琪 yóu cháo hǎn dào wǎn yǒu huā míng
... Arashi Chen Yixuan Rock breaks through with her new look, Maggie Hui has a name for herself.
你去过朝鲜半岛吗？
Nǐ qù guo Cháoxiǎn Bàndǎo ma?
Have you ever been to the Korean Peninsula?
谁朝我的狗扔的石子？
Shéi cháo wǒ de gǒu rēng de shí zǐ?
Who threw a stone at my dog?
把这里翻个底朝天！
Bǎ zhèlǐ fān ge dǐcháotiān!
Leave no stone unturned.
我厌倦了做朝九晚五的工作。
Wǒ yànjuàn le zuò cháo jiǔ wǎn wǔ de gōngzuò.
I'm tired of working a nine-to-five job.
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