Chinese Dynasties
| Ancient | Three Sovereign and Five Emperors | 三皇五帝 | sān huáng wǔ dì | before 2070 BC |
| Xià | 夏 | xià | 2070-1600 BC | |
| Shang | 商 | shāng | 1600-1046 BC | |
| Zhou | Western Zhou | 西周 | xī zhōu | 1046-771 BC |
| Eastern Zhou
Spring and Autumn Period Warring States Period | 東周 春秋 戰國 | dōng zhōu chūn qiū zhàn guó | 770-476 BC 475-221 BC | |
| Qin | 秦 | qín | 221-206 BC | |
| Han | Western Han | 西漢 | xī hàn | 206 BC-AD 9 |
| Xin | 新 | xīn | 9-23 | |
| Eastern Han | 東漢 | dōng hàn | 25-220 | |
| Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu, Wu) | 三國 | sān guó | 220-265 | |
| Jin | Western Jin | 西晉 | xī jìn | 265-317 |
| Eastern Jin | 東晉 | dōng jìn | 317-420 | |
| Southern and Northern Dynasties | 南北朝 | nán běi cháo | 420-589 | |
| Sui | 隋 | suí | 581-618 | |
| Tang | 唐 | táng | 618-907 | |
| Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms | 五代十國 | wǔ dài shí guó | 907-960 | |
| Song | Northern Song | 北宋 | běi sòng | 960-1127 |
| Southern Song | 南宋 | nán sòng | 1127-1279 | |
| Liao (Khitan Empire) | 遼 | liáo | 907-1125 | |
| Jin | 金 | jīn | 1115-1234 | |
| Yuan (Mongolian) | 元 | yuán | 1271-1368 | |
| Ming | 明 | míng | 1368-1644 | |
| Qing (Manchu) | 清 | qīng | 1644-1911 | |
| Modern | Republic of China | 中華民國 | zhōnghuá mínguó | 1911-1949 |
| People's Republic of China | 中华人民 共和国 | zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó | since 1949 |
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