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绕

rào

HSK 5 Character Traditional 繞

What 绕 means

1. to wind
2. to coil (thread)
3. to rotate around
4. to spiral
5. to move around
6. to go round (an obstacle)
7. to by-pass
8. to make a detour
9. to confuse
10. to perplex

Other readings

绕 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ràovariant of {绕|rào}, to rotate around; to spiral; to move around

Example sentences

• 绕过去。
  Go around it.
• 狗绕着桌子走。
  The dog is walking around the table.
• 游艇绕浮标航行。
  Yóutǐng rào fúbiāo hángxíng.
  The yacht sailed around a buoy.
• 日本被海环绕着。
  Japan is surrounded by sea.
• 行星绕着太阳转。
  The planets revolve around the sun.
• 地球绕着太阳转。
  The Earth moves around the sun.

Words starting with 绕

• 绕过rào guòto detour; to bypass; to circumvent
• 绕道rào dàoto go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
• 绕行rào xíngto take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit
• 绕口令rào kǒu lìngtongue-twister
• 绕来绕去rào lái rào qùmeandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
• 绕嘴rào zuǐhard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister
• 绕地rào dìto orbit the Earth
• 绕射rào shè(physics) to diffract
• 绕手rào shǒuthorny issue; tricky case
• 绕流rào liúturbulence (in fluid mechanics)
• 绕组rào zǔcoil (in electric motor or transformer)
• 绕绕rào ràotwisting and turning; involved and tricky
• 绕路rào lùto make a detour; to take the long route
• 绕圈子rào quān zito go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush
• 绕远儿rào yuǎn rto go the long way round; to take a circuitous route; (of a route) circuitous
• 绕弯rào wānto go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way
• 绕弯儿rào wān rto go for a walk around; (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way
• 绕弯子rào wān zilit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to…
• 绕弯子儿rào wān zǐ rlit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to…
• 绕腾rào tengto run a long way around; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the…
• 绕膝rào xī(children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
• 绕膝承欢rào xī chéng huānto live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
• 绕脖子rào bó zitricky; involved; to beat about the bush
• 绕一圈rào yī quānto go around one time; to do a circuit

Words containing 绕

• 围绕wéi ràoto revolve around; to center on (an issue)
• 缠绕chán ràotwisting; to twine; to wind
• 环绕huán ràoto surround; to circle; to revolve around
• 缭绕liáo rào(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on
• 萦绕yíng ràoto linger on; to hover; to encircle
• 卷绕juǎn ràoto wind; to coil; to spool
• 回绕huí ràowinding
• 旋绕xuán ràoto curl up; to wind around
• 盘绕pán ràoto coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork)
• 余音绕梁yú yīn rào liángreverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding…
• 余响绕梁yú xiǎng rào liángreverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding…
• 胃绕道wèi rào dàogastric bypass
• 缠绕茎chán rào jīngvine; twining stem
• 魂牵梦绕hún qiān mèng ràosee 魂牵梦萦

Characters built on 尧

These share the phonetic component 尧 (Yáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 饶ráorich; abundant; exuberant
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
• 娆ráograceful
• 桡náo(literary) to disturb; (literary) to weaken
• 铙náobig cymbals
• 蛲náoparasitic worm; human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
• 荛ráofuel; grass

Characters that look like 绕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 徒tú(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 饶ráorich; abundant; exuberant
• 娩miǎnto give birth to a child
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield