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绕 (繞, 遶) ★★

[rào]

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

绕 [rào]

1. verb [缠绕] wind
2. verb [围绕] go round

他每天绕着操场跑步。

He runs several times round the sports ground every day.
3. verb [迂回] make a detour

前方修路，车辆绕行。

There are road-works ahead – please make a detour.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

绕 [rào]

1. verb wind; coil; roll

把铁丝绕成圈

coil wire; wind wire into a coil

绕线

wind thread
2. verb move round; circle; revolve

运动员绕场一周。

The athletes marched around the arena.

地球绕着太阳转。

The earth moves (or revolves) round the sun.
3. verb make a detour; bypass; go round

你必须明确回答这个问题，想绕是绕不过去的。

You must give a definite answer to the question. There's no getting round it.

绕过暗礁

bypass hidden reefs; steer clear of submerged rocks
4. verb confuse; baffle; befuddle

我一时绕住了，账目没算对。

I got confused and didn't work out the accounts correctly.

你的话把他绕住了。

What you said confused him.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

绕 [rào]

1. 动缠

把线绕成团。
2. 动围着中心转动

绕着操场跑步

绕圈子

围绕

环绕。
3. 动从弯曲、迂回的路通过

从旁边绕过去

绕道而行

绕远。
4. 动使不顺畅

绕嘴

绕口令。
5. 动 (问题、事情)纠缠在一起，弄不清楚

你把我绕糊涂了

一时绕住了，没弄明白。
6. 统读ｒàｏ，不读ｒǎｏ。

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你必须明确回答这个问题，想绕是绕不过去的。: You must give a definite answer to the question. There's no getting round it.
你简单地说吧，别净绕脖子。: Just speak simply. Don't beat about the bush.
他想从她家门口经过，特地绕了一个圈子。: He made a detour to pass the house where she lived.
我出去绕个弯儿就回来。: I'm going out for a walk and will be back soon.
阶梯绕着中间的石柱蜗旋而上。: The stairs spiralled round the central pillar.
地球绕太阳运行。: The earth revolves round the sun.
行星绕着太阳运转。: The planets revolve round the sun.
用绳子绕两遭: wind the string around twice
地球绕太阳一周是一年。: It makes a year when the earth finishes a circuit around the sun.; 72 more results

Character Decomposition

纟 [sī]	+	尧 [yáo]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 18

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