"绕" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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绕
Trad. 遶
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 糸
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 9
Structure
Decomp. 纟戈兀
纟 + 尧
Prononciation
Mandarin rào
Entry Methods
Pinyin rao4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 VMJPU
女一十心山
Wubi XATQ
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+7ED5
GB2312 C8C6
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Level 5
绕 rào variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour
Results beginning with 绕
绕过 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc)
绕道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
绕行 rào xíng to take a circular (or circuitous) route / to do a circuit / (of a planet) to orbit / (of a sailor) to circumnavigate / to take a detour / to bypass
绕组 rào zǔ coil (in electric motor or transformer)
绕路 rào lù to make a detour / to take the long route
绕地 rào dì to orbit the earth
绕流 rào liú turbulence (in fluid mechanics)
绕绕 rào rào twisting and turning / involved and tricky
绕射 rào shè interference (of wave motion in physics)
绕手 rào shǒu thorny issue / tricky case
绕腾 rào teng to run a long way around / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
绕弯 rào wān to go for a walk around / fig. to speak in a roundabout way
绕膝 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
绕线 rào xiàn coil winding
绕嘴 rào zuǐ hard to get one's mouth around / a tongue-twister
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绕口令 rào kǒu lìng tongue-twister
绕圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush
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
绕脖子 rào bó zi tricky / involved / to beat about the bush
绕弯儿 rào wān r to go for a walk around / fig. to speak in a roundabout way
绕一圈 rào yī quān to go around one time / to do a circuit
绕远儿 rào yuǎn r to go the long way round / to take a circuitous route / (of a route) circuitous
绕梁三日 rào liáng sān rì reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
绕行道路  bypass road / bypass
绕来绕去 rào lái rào qù meandering and circuitous (idiom) / to go around in circles and never get anywhere
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
绕膝承欢 rào xī chéng huān to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
绕天体飞越 rào tiān tǐ fēi yuè flyby
Approximate Results for 绕
围绕 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue)
环绕 huán rào to surround / to circle / to revolve around
缠绕 chán rào twisting / to twine / to wind / to pester / to bother
缭绕 liáo rào to curl up / to linger on (sound)
萦绕 yíng rào to linger on / to hover / to encircle
盘绕 pán rào to coil (around sth) / to twine / to weave (basketwork)
卷绕 juǎn rào to wind / to coil / to spool / to loop around / winding
回绕 huí rào winding
旋绕 xuán rào to curl up / to wind around
缠绕茎 chán rào jīng vine / twining stem
胃绕道 wèi rào dào gastric bypass
余响绕梁 yú xiǎng rào liáng reverberates around the rafters (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
余音绕梁 yú yīn rào liáng reverberates around the rafters (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
魂牵梦绕 hún qiān mèng rào to be captivated / to wonder / enchanting
南极绕极流  Antarctic Circumpolar Current
长纤维卷绕机  filament winding machine / winding machine / filament winder
南极冬季平流层绕极涡旋  winter Antarctic stratospheric circumpolar vortex
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