"To circle" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 盘旋 | pán xuán | to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit |   |
| 圈 |  quān | circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle | |
| 环绕 | huán rào | to surround / to circle / to revolve around | |
| 回旋 | huí xuán | to circle / to wheel / to go around | |
| 框框 | kuàng kuàng | to frame / to circle / pattern / convention / restriction | |
| 兜圈子 | dōu quān zi | to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush | |
| 框 | kuàng | frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1] | |
| 抟 | tuán | to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]) / (literary) to circle / to wheel | |
| 翔回 | xiáng huí | to circle (in the sky) | |
