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Usage of the character 繞

rào
[繞]
  • to wind
  • to coil (thread)
  • to rotate around
  • to spiral
  • to move around
  • to go round (an obstacle)
  • to by-pass
  • to make a detour
  • to confuse
  • to perplex
huírào
回绕
[回繞]
  • winding
ràoguò
绕过
[繞過]
  • to detour
  • to bypass
  • to circumvent
  • to avoid
  • to wind around (of a road etc)
ràowān
绕弯
[繞彎]
  • to go for a walk around
  • fig. to speak in a roundabout way
ràoshǒu
绕手
[繞手]
  • thorny issue
  • tricky case
huánrào
环绕
[環繞]
  • to surround
  • to circle
  • to revolve around
liáorào
缭绕
[繚繞]
  • (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward
  • (of a sound) to linger on
ràozuǐ
绕嘴
[繞嘴]
  • hard to get one's mouth around
  • a tongue-twister
yíngrào
萦绕
[縈繞]
  • to linger on
  • to hover
  • to encircle
ràolù
绕路
[繞路]
  • to make a detour
  • to take the long route
wéirào
围绕
[圍繞]
  • to revolve around
  • to center on (an issue)
ràorào
绕绕
[繞繞]
  • twisting and turning
  • involved and tricky
ràodào
绕道
[繞道]
  • to go by a roundabout route
  • to take a detour
  • (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
ràoxī
绕膝
[繞膝]
  • (children) run around parent's knees
  • fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
ràoliú
绕流
[繞流]
  • turbulence (in fluid mechanics)
xuánrào
旋绕
[旋繞]
  • to curl up; to wind around
ràoshè
绕射
[繞射]
  • (physics) to diffract
chánrào
缠绕
[纏繞]
  • twisting
  • to twine
  • to wind
  • to pester
  • to bother
ràoteng
绕腾
[繞騰]
  • to run a long way around
  • fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
  • to beat about the bush
ràoxíng
绕行
[繞行]
  • 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
pánrào
盘绕
[盤繞]
  • to coil (around sth)
  • to twine
  • to weave (basketwork)
juǎnrào
卷绕
[卷繞]
  • to wind
  • to coil
  • to spool
  • to loop around
  • winding
ràozǔ
绕组
[繞組]
  • coil (in electric motor or transformer)
ràodì
绕地
[繞地]
  • to orbit the earth
wèiràodào
胃绕道
[胃繞道]
  • gastric bypass
chánràojīng
缠绕茎
[纏繞莖]
  • vine
  • twining stem
ràobózi
绕脖子
[繞脖子]
  • tricky
  • involved
  • to beat about the bush
ràoyuǎnr
绕远儿
[繞遠兒]
  • to go the long way round
  • to take a circuitous route
  • (of a route) circuitous
ràowānzi
绕弯子
[繞彎子]
  • lit. to go on a long detour
  • fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
  • to beat about the bush
ràowānr
绕弯儿
[繞彎兒]
  • to go for a walk around
  • (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way
ràoyīquān
绕一圈
[繞一圈]
  • to go around one time
  • to do a circuit
ràoquānzi
绕圈子
[繞圈子]
  • to go around in circles
  • to make a detour
  • (fig.) to beat about the bush
ràokǒulìng
绕口令
[繞口令]
  • tongue-twister
yúyīnràoliáng
余音绕梁
[餘音繞梁]
  • reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
yúxiǎngràoliáng
余响绕梁
[餘響繞梁]
  • reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
ràoláiràoqù
绕来绕去
[繞來繞去]
  • meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
ràoxīchénghuān
绕膝承欢
[繞膝承歡]
  • to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
ràowānzǐr
绕弯子儿
[繞彎子兒]
  • lit. to go on a long detour
  • fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
  • to beat about the bush
ràoliángsānrì
绕梁三日
[繞梁三日]
  • reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
húnqiānmèngrào
魂牵梦绕
[魂牽夢繞]
  • to be captivated
  • to wonder
  • enchanting