"Around" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
 yuē mo about / around / approximately
 sì zhōu all around
 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle
 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue)
 cān guān to look around / to tour / to visit
 zhōu biān periphery / rim / surroundings / all around / perimeter / peripheral (computing) / spin-offs
 huán qiú around the world / worldwide
 quán fāng wèi all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive
 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone
 yùn zhuǎn to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around
 pái huái to dither / to hesitate / to pace back and forth / by ext. to hover around / to linger
 zhuǎn dòng to turn sth around / to swivel
 dǎ ting to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around
 guān wàng to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey
 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / to recollect
 huán rào to surround / to circle / to revolve around
 huí chē to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key
 chūn yùn (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
 Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
 màn yóu to travel around / to roam / (mobile telephony) roaming
 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
 wān qū to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp
 rì yè day and night / around the clock
 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion
 xún huí to go around / to roam / to tour
 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
 yóu xíng to march / to parade / to demonstrate / procession / march / demonstration / to travel around / to roam
 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit
 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc)
 guàng guang to roam around / to have a stroll
 niǔ tóu to turn one's head / to turn around
 wán lè to play around / to disport oneself
 sì shè to radiate all around
 tàn wàng to visit / to call on sb / to look around
 Tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty
 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near
 zhuǎn wān to turn / to go around a corner
 pào niū to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls
 jiāng zhì to be about to arrive / to be around the corner
 Xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
 sì qǐ to spring up everywhere / from all around
 huí xuán to turn around / maneuvering room / leeway
 huán gù to look around / to survey
 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
沿 yán jiāng along the river / the region around the river
 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place
 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day
 cù yōng to crowd around / to escort
 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city
 luàn lái to act recklessly / to mess around
 yóu mù nomadic / to move about in search of pasture / to rove around as a nomad
西 dōng zhāng xī wàng to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
 bèi wō quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding) / (contemporary) bedding / quilt / blankets / cover / bed
 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
 zhuàn you to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly
 huí láng winding corridor / cloister / ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
 Qián táng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
 mǎn tiān fēi to rush around everywhere / always active
 Chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc)
 zhōu yóu variant of 周遊|周游, to tour / to travel around
 sì gù to look around
 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around
 jí zhuǎn to whirl / to turn around quickly
 wéi zuò to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator)
 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy
 guò lái rén an experienced person / sb who has "been around (the block)" / sb who has personally experienced it
 bǎ wán to turn around in one's hands / to play with / to fiddle with
 Hǎi hé Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 / at Dagukou 大沽口)
 yóu yí to wander / to shift around / to waver / to vacillate
 dài bù to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc) / to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
 qī yā to bully / to push around
 Huái hǎi Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces
 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
 làng dàng to loiter / to hang around / dissolute / licentious
 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent / just around the corner (idiom)
 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April
 táng sè to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge
 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
 huán dǎo roundabout (traffic island) / around an island (trip etc)
 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
 hé wéi to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)
 yī yōng ér shàng to swarm around / flocking (to see)
 huàng you to swing / to sway / to wobble / to hang around / to hover around
 gù pàn to look around / to care for
 héng chōng zhí zhuàng lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom) / to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently
 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)
 guǐ hùn to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly
 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom) / to look all around
 diào zhuǎn to turn around
 dòu lè to amuse oneself / to clown around / to provoke laughter
 gōu da to gang up / to fool around with / to make up to
 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn
 chuǎng dàng jiāng hú to travel around the country
 fā hào shī lìng to boss people around (idiom)
 Qián táng Jiāng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
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