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rào
to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
🔤 Pictophonetic: 纟 (thread) provides meaning, 尧 provides pronunciation
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Words Using 绕 (40)

rào
HSK 5
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
围绕
wéirào
HSK 5
to revolve around / to center on (an issue)
缠绕
chánrào
HSK 6
twisting / to twine / to wind / to pester / to bother
绕过
ràoguò
to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc)
环绕
huánrào
to surround / to circle / to revolve around
萦绕
yíngrào
to linger on / to hover / to encircle
绕弯
ràowān
to go for a walk around / fig. to speak in a roundabout way
绕来绕去
ràoláiràoqù
meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
绕一圈
ràoyīquān
to go around one time / to do a circuit
绕圈子
ràoquānzi
to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush
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