Triệu

Triệu (/dʒaʊ/;^[1] traditional Chinese: 趙; simplified Chinese: 赵; pinyin: Zhào; Wade–Giles: Chao⁴) is a Chinese-language surname, it is the Vietnamese translation of the Chinese surname Zhao (趙). It is commonly found in Vietnam among its Chinese diaspora. Individuals with the surname, Triệu, likely migrated to Vietnam from the Guangdong and Fujian Provinces of China.

Zhao / Chao / Chiu / Triệu

Pronunciation	Zhào (Mandarin Pinyin) Ziu6 (Cantonese Jyutping) Tiō (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Jo (Korean RR) Triệu (Vietnamese)
Language	Chinese
Origin
Meaning	Name of a feudal state during the Zhou dynasty
Other names
Variant forms	Chao Cantonese: Jew, Chew, Chiu, Chu, Jew, Jue, Siu, Tsiu Shanghainese: Zau
Derivatives	Cho, Triệu

Triệu
"Zhao" in seal script (top), Traditional (middle), and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	趙
Simplified Chinese	赵
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Wade–Giles Chao4 IPA [ʈʂâʊ] Wu Suzhounese Zâu Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jiuh Jyutping Ziu6 Southern Min Tâi-lô Tiō Middle Chinese Middle Chinese ɖjéu Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014) *[d]rewʔ
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Triệu
Korean name
Hangul	조
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Jo

It is the same as the Cantonese romanization "Chiu", the Taiwanese or Hong Kong romanization of "Chao" or the Korean romanization of "Cho" (조).

The name is first in the Hundred Family Surnames – the traditional list of all Chinese surnames – because it was the emperor's surname of the Song dynasty (960–1279) when the list was compiled.

Zhao was listed as one of the most common names in China along with Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Huang, Zhou, and Wu. However, families with the surname "Zhao" that migrated to Vietnam and changed their name to "Triệu" are rare, estimated as 0.16% of the population in Vietnam and 0.001% of the population in the United States.

Trieu is the anglicized variation of the surname Triệu.

Notable people with the surname Triệu

• Triệu Thị Trinh or Lady Triệu: a female Vietnamese warrior (225 to 248 CE) also known as the Vietnamese Joan of Arc
• Trieu Da General of Qin Dynasty who founded the Trieu Dynasty/Nanyue in Vietnam
• Triệu Việt Vương (Triệu Quang Phục), independence leader in the 6th century
• Andy Trieu (born 1984), Australian host, actor and martial artist. He is a three-time Australian Champion Martial Artist
• Triệu Việt Hưng (born 1997), Vietnamese footballer

See also

• Zhao, surname
• Chui, surname
• Chao, surname
• Cho, surname
• List of common Chinese surnames
• Vietnamese name