Chao

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Chao or similar sounding câo, cháo, cháo, čhao, chau, ciao, jao, may refer to:

Cambodia

Chao, an alternative spelling of Zhao (surname) (趙/赵); an alternative pronunciation of Cao (Chinese surname) and Cao (state)
Chao (晁), a Chinese surname
Chāo (鈔), the banknote used in Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China
Chao Lake
Chao method, a way of indicating Chinese tones devised by Yuen Ren Chao
Chǎo technique (炒), a Chinese stir frying technique

Chao or sometimes chau, a Spanish language parting phrase for "bye" or "goodbye"

Chao, town in the Peruvian province of Viru.
Chao District, district in the Peruvian province of Viru, 15 km from the Pacific coast and 65 km south of Trujillo city on the Pan American Highway.

Chao, Thai language lord: may also be transliterated čhao, câo, jao in Thai royal and noble titles and in the name of the Chao Phraya River; from Middle Chinese 主 (ćǘ) "master;" often rendered in English as "king" or "chief," the latter in allusion to either Chief of the Name or tribal chief, according to relative standing in mandala (Southeast Asian political model)

Elaine Chao, former United States Secretary of Labor and the first Asian American female appointed to the United States Cabinet
Manu Chao, French Latin singer of Spanish origin
Pierre Chao, member of the Defense Science Board
Ramón Chao, Galician writer, father of Manu Chao
Roger Chao, Australian explorer and mountain climber
Rosalind Chao, Chinese American actress born in Anaheim, California
Simon Chau, Hong Kong environmental activist and expert on translation
Yuen Ren Chao, Chinese linguist
Zi Chao Tan, animator at One Animation, known to crash scooters on occasion