"Circular" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
 tōng bào to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal
 yuán xíng round / circular
广 chuán dān guǎng advertising leaflet / circular
 xún huán jīng jì circular economy
 tōng jī lìng order for arrest / wanted circular / wanted poster
 shàn xíng circular sector
 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
 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary
 yuán tǒng circular cylinder / drum
 gōng xíng circular segment
 tuán shàn circular fan
 pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 / = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
 xún huán lùn zhèng circular argument / logical error consisting of begging the question / Latin: petitio principii
 tóng zhóu yuán hú coaxial circular arc / concentric arc (in spherical geometry)
 yuán guǐ dào circular orbit (in astronomy and in astronautics)
 huán xíng lù circular road / circuit
 huán zhuàng liè shí circular standing stones
 huán jī circular muscle
 lún zhǐ circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument) / strumming
 shùn xíng circular motion in the same sense as the sun / clockwise
 shǒu lǐ jiàn straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 / shuriken)
  circular error probable
 xún huán yí xǐ circular migration
  Law of the Sea Information Circular
 tǔ lóu traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine
 diàn yuán jù circular saw
 yuán yùn concentric circles / circular ripples
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