绕 rào rǎo

entwine; wind around; surround

HSK 5 #1485

DEFINITIONS

绕 rào
  • to wind
  • to coil (thread)
  • to rotate around
  • to spiral
  • to move around
  • to go round (an obstacle)
  • to by-pass
  • to make a detour
  • to confuse
  • to perplex
  • variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around

STROKES

WORDS

围绕 wéi rào
HSK 5
to revolve around; to center on (an issue)
缠绕 chán rào
HSK 6
twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
绕道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
环绕 huán rào to surround; to circle; to revolve around
萦绕 yíng rào to linger on; to hover; to encircle
绕过 rào guò to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)
绕圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush
绕行 rào xíng detour; long way around
绕弯子 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
缭绕 liáo rào to curl up; to linger on (sound)
绕口令 rào kǒu lìng tongue-twister
盘绕 pán rào to coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork)
旋绕 xuán rào to curl up; to wind around
回绕 huí rào winding
绕嘴 rào zuǐ hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister
绕弯儿 rào wān r to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way
卷绕 juǎn rào to wind; to coil; to spool; to loop around; winding
绕一圈 rào yī quān to go around one time; to do a circuit
绕来绕去 rào lái rào qù meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
绕地 rào dì to orbit the earth
绕射 rào shè interference (of wave motion in physics)
绕弯 rào wān to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way
绕弯子儿 rào wān zǐ r lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
绕手 rào shǒu thorny issue; tricky case
绕梁三日 rào liáng sān rì reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
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