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围绕

wéi rào

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 圍繞

围绕 (wéi rào) means "to revolve around; to center on". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 围绕 means

1. to revolve around
2. to center on (an issue)

The characters in 围绕

• 围wéito encircle; to surround; all around
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around

Example sentences

• 那里有许多雏菊围绕着钢铁大厦。
  Nàli yǒu xǔduō chújú wéirào zhe gāngtiě dàshà.
  There are daisies around the steel building.
• 我被各国语言及文字的爱好者所围绕。
  Wǒ bèi gèguó yǔyán jí wénzì de àihàozhě suǒ wéirào.
  I'm surrounded by linguaphiles!
• 这个词后来被用来指代围绕大天体的小天体。
  The word came to be used for all small heavenly bodies revolving about larger ones.
• 地球大约每三百六十五天就会围绕太阳旋转一周。
  Dìqiú dàyuē měi sān bǎi liùshí wǔ tiān jiù huì wéirào tàiyang xuánzhuǎn yīzhōu.
  The earth makes one revolution around the sun in about 365 days.

Where 围绕 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Clothing & Accessories (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wéi rào correctly.
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