Usage of the character 繞
rào
绕
[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