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Zhao pengyou
Zhao Pengyou (找朋友, Looking for Friends) is a Chinese trick-taking card game for 5–12+ players using multiple decks, in the Sheng Ji family, where the trump maker calls cards to reveal hidden partners each hand.
Zhao Ponu
Zhao Ponu (赵破奴) was a Western Han general under Emperor Wu who fought the Xiongnu, captured the King of Loulan, and died in the witchcraft purges.
Zhao Pu
Zhao Pu (赵普, 922–992), courtesy name Zeiping, was the leading statesman of the early Song dynasty, serving three times as grand councilor and helping plan the 960 coup.
Zhao Puchu
Zhao Puchu (赵朴初, 1907–2000) was a Chinese Buddhist layman, poet, calligrapher, and politician who led the China Buddhist Association and co-founded the China Association for Promoting Democracy.
Zhao Qi (semiconductor industry executive)
Zhao Qi (赵奇, born 1973) is a Chinese semiconductor executive who has led United Nova Technology, the Shaoxing power-semiconductor foundry, since its 2018 founding and became chairman in 2024.
Zhao Ruirui
Zhao Ruirui (赵蕊蕊), born 1981 in Nanjing, Chinese middle blocker for Bayi and the national team; 2003 World Cup spiking leader, 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist, 2008 bronze medalist, later a fantasy writer and TV analyst.
Zhao Ruyu
Zhao Ruyu (赵汝愚, 1140 to 1196) was a Southern Song imperial-clan statesman who managed Emperor Ningzong's accession, served briefly as Right Grand Councilor, and died in exile.
Zhao Shao'ang
Zhao Shao'ang (赵少昂, 1905–1998) was a Chinese painter of the Lingnan School, best known for his flower-and-bird paintings and based in Hong Kong from 1948.
Zhao She
Zhao She (赵奢) was a general and statesman of Zhao during the Warring States period, rising from tax collector to victory over Qin at Eyu in 270 BC.
Zhao Shenqiao
Zhao Shenqiao (赵申乔, 1644–1720) was a Qing dynasty official from Wujin who served the Kangxi Emperor as Left Censor-in-chief and Minister of Revenue, known for austerity.
Zhao Shuai
Zhao Shuai (赵衰) was a statesman of the state of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period who followed the exiled prince Chong Er for nineteen years and helped enthrone him as Jin Wengong.
Zhao Shuli
Zhao Shuli (赵树理, 1906–1970) was a Chinese novelist and short-story writer from Shanxi whose rural fiction, notably Little Erhei's Marriage of 1943, made him the model author of the Yan'an literary policy.
Zhao Shuqiao
Zhao Shuqiao (赵舒翘) was a Qing dynasty official from Chang'an, Shaanxi, who became president of the Board of Punishments and was ordered to take his own life in 1901.
Zhao Siwen
Zhao Siwen (赵思温) was a military commander of Lulong who served the Yan regime, Later Tang general Li Cunxu, and the Liao dynasty, dying in 939.
Zhao Tingmei affair
The Zhao Tingmei affair (赵廷美贬死) was the 984 downfall and death of Zhao Tingmei, the Song emperor Taizong's younger brother, accused of plotting against the throne.
Zhao Tuo
Zhao Tuo (赵佗) was a Qin official from Zhending who founded Nanyue, the state ruling the Lingnan region of southern China for 93 years across the Qin and Han dynasties.
Zhao Tuo's imperial pretensions and Han accommodation
Zhao Tuo, founder and king of Nanyue in Lingnan, declared himself emperor in defiance of the Han dynasty, then accepted nominal vassalage under Emperor Wen.
Zhao Wangyun
Zhao Wangyun (赵望云, 1906–1977) was a Chinese ink painter known for rural sketch reporting from 1932 and as founding figure of the Chang'an School in Xi'an.
Zhao Wei (赵薇)
Zhao Wei (赵薇), also Vicki Zhao, Chinese actress born 1976 in Wuhu, Anhui; star of My Fair Princess (还珠格格), Shaolin Soccer, Red Cliff; directed So Young (2013); works removed from Chinese platforms in 2021.
Zhao Weiping
Zhao Weiping (赵伟平), born 1961, is a Chinese entrepreneur known as the "fireworks king" who founded Panda Fireworks and supplied the 2008 Beijing Olympics fireworks.
Zhao Xiangzi's conquest of Dai
Zhao Xiangzi's conquest of Dai (赵襄子灭代) was the annexation of the state of Dai by Zhao Xiangzi, head of the Zhao clan of Jin, after the King of Dai was assassinated at a banquet.
Zhao Xin
Zhao Xin (赵信) was a Xiongnu commander who served the Han dynasty as the Marquis of Yi and Front General before defecting back to the Xiongnu.
Zhao Xintong (赵心童)
Zhao Xintong (赵心童), "The Cyclone", Chinese snooker player born 1997; 2021 UK Champion, first Chinese and Asian World Champion (2025, 18-12 over Williams) and first amateur winner; world number 1 with six ranking titles.
Zhao Yanshou
Zhao Yanshou (赵延寿) was a Han Chinese general of the Five Dynasties period who served Later Tang, then became the Liao dynasty's leading Han collaborator, dying in 948.
Zhao Ye
Zhao Ye was an Eastern Han scholar from Kuaiji, known as the author of the Wu Yue Chunqiu, a chronicle of the rival states of Wu and Yue.
Zhao Ying
Zhao Ying (赵莹) was a chief minister of the Later Jin dynasty who served Emperor Gaozu and initiated the 200-chapter Old Book of Tang, a standard history of the Tang dynasty.
Zhao Yu
Zhao Yu (赵禹) was a Han dynasty legal official who rose from clerk under Emperor Wu, drafted statutes with Zhang Tang, and is listed among the harsh officials.
Zhao Yuanren
Zhao Yuanren (赵元任, 1892–1982) was a Chinese linguist and composer called the father of modern Chinese linguistics, designer of Gwoyeu Romatzyh and author of A Grammar of Spoken Chinese.
Zhao Yun
Zhao Yun (趙雲, Zilong, c. 168-229) was a Shu Han general under Liu Bei, famed for rescuing Liu Shan at Changban and the Han River empty-camp ruse; his exalted novel image, including the fictional Five Tiger Generals title, exceeds the brief historical record.
Zhao Yunlei
Zhao Yunlei (赵芸蕾), born 1986 in Hubei, China, is a retired badminton doubles specialist, the only player with two Olympic golds at one Games (2012 mixed and women's doubles), five world titles, and 63 career titles.