| 前 |
Qián Zhào | Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329) |
| 前 |
qián | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |
| 赵 |
Zhào | surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前赵 (304-329) and Later Zhao 后赵 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms |
| 赵 |
zhào | to surpass (old) |