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.

PronunciationZhào (Mandarin Pinyin)
Ziu6 (Cantonese Jyutping)
Tiō (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Jo (Korean RR)
Triệu (Vietnamese)

LanguageChinese

MeaningName of a feudal state during the Zhou dynasty

Variant formsChao
Cantonese: Jew, Chew, Chiu, Chu, Jew, Jue, Siu, Tsiu
Shanghainese: Zau

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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

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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.