Translation

• 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

Synonyms

• 络
• 嬲, 死气白赖, 死皮赖脸, 泡蘑菇, 磨, 磨嘴皮, 磨蹭, 纠缠, 缠, 缠绕, 胡搅蛮缠, 蘑菇, 软磨
• 回环, 围, 围绕, 圈, 拱, 拱卫, 拱抱, 环, 环抱, 环绕, 盘绕, 缠, 缠绕, 萦
• 纠缠, 绕组, 绞, 缠, 缠绕, 萦

Examples

• 这座城市被群山环绕。
  The mountains were all around the city.
• 光一秒钟能够环绕地球七圈半。
  Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.
• 地球每二十四小时就会绕轴自转一周。
  The earth revolves on its axis once every 24 hours.
• 地球大约每三百六十五天就会围绕太阳旋转一周。
  The earth makes one revolution round the sun in about 365 days.
• 你觉得绕路的司机占所有的出租车司机的百分之多少？
  What percentage of all taxi drivers make unscrupulous detours, do you think?
• 以前的人不知道地球是圆的，也不知道地球是绕著太阳转的。
  Formerly people did not know that the earth is round and that it moves round the sun.