"Spiral" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 盘旋 | pán xuán | to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit |   |
| 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 | |
| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral / helix / screw | |
| 旋涡 | xuán wō | spiral / whirlpool / eddy / vortex | |
| 盘桓 | pán huán | to pace / to linger / to stay over / to spiral / to hover | |
| 螺旋形 | luó xuán xíng | spiral | |
| 螺线 | luó xiàn | spiral | |
| 盘陀 | pán tuó | twisted / spiral / uneven stones | |
| 蜗旋 | wō xuán | to spiral | |
| 飞来飞去 | fēi lái fēi qù | to fly about / to fly hither and thither / to flit / to swarm / to spiral | |
| 螺纹 | luó wén | spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw | |
| 螺旋藻 | luó xuán zǎo | spiral algae / spirulina (dietary supplement) | |
| 鹦鹉螺 | yīng wǔ luó | nautilus / ammonite (fossil spiral shell) | |
| 螺距 | luó jù | pitch of spiral / pitch of screw | |
| 螺 | luó | spiral shell / snail / conch | |
| 遶 | rào | variant of 繞|绕, to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour | |
| 旋梯 | xuán tī | spiral stairs / winding stairs (gymnastic equipment) | |
| 人马臂 | rén mǎ bì | Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy) | |
| 旋涡星系 | xuán wō xīng xì | spiral galaxy | |
| 旋涡星云 | xuán wō xīng yún | spiral nebula | |
| 旋臂 | xuán bì | spiral arm | |
| 棒旋星系 | bàng xuán xīng xì | barred spiral galaxy | |
| 准稳旋涡结构 | zhǔn wěn xuán wō jié gòu | quasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics) | |
| 猎户臂 | liè hù bì | Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system) | |
| 盘梯 | pán tī | spiral staircase | |
| 英仙臂 | yīng xiān bì | Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy) | |
| 螺旋曲面 | luó xuán qū miàn | spiral surface | |
| 螺髻 | luó jì | spiral coil (in hairdressing) | |
| 闭鞘姜 | bì qiào jiāng | spiral ginger | |
| 漩涡星系 | spiral galaxy | |
