"To 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 | |
| 盘桓 | pán huán | to pace / to linger / to stay over / to spiral / to hover | |
| 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 | |
