绕 (繞) rào
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              rào 
              verb 
              to entwine 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '繞') - 
              rào 
              verb 
              to wind around 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '繞') - 
              rào 
              verb 
              to surround 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '繞') 
Contained in
- 缭绕(繚繞) to curl up; to linger on
 - 绕地(繞地) to orbit the earth
 - 绕来绕去(繞來繞去) meandering and circuitous; to go around in circles and never get anywhere
 - 绕圈子(繞圈子) to go around in circles; to make a detour
 - 绕膝(繞膝) (children) run around parent's knees; to stay to look after one's elderly parents
 - 回绕(回繞) winding
 - 绕道(繞道) roundabout route; detour
 - 翠绕珠围(翠繞珠圍) green entwines and pearls encircle; a beautifully dressed woman
 - 胃绕道(胃繞道) gastric bypass
 - 缠绕茎(纏繞莖) a vine; a climbing plant
 - 萦绕(縈繞) to linger on; to hover; to encircle
 - 绕弯子(繞彎子) to go on a long detour; to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
 - 绕行(繞行) to detour; to circle ; detour; long way around
 - 绕口令(繞口令) tongue-twister
 - 绕过(繞過) to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)
 - 绕绕(繞繞) twisting and turning; involved and tricky
 - 旋绕(旋繞) to circumambulate
 - 绕脖子(繞脖子) tricky; involved; to beat about the bush
 - 缴绕(繳繞) to wind around
 - 余响绕梁(餘響繞梁) reverberates around the rafters; sonorous and resounding (especially of singing voice)
 - 绕嘴(繞嘴) hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister
 - 绕射(繞射) interference
 - 绕组(繞組) coil (in electric motor or transformer)
 - 绕腾(繞騰) to run a long way around; to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
 - 卷绕(卷繞) to wind; to coil; to spool; to loop around; winding
 - 绕弯儿(繞彎兒) to go for a walk around; to speak in a roundabout way
 - 绕手(繞手) thorny issue; tricky case
 - 环绕(環繞) to surround; to circle
 - 绕一圈(繞一圈) to go around one time; to do a circuit
 - 绕流(繞流) turbulence (in fluid mechanics)
 - 盘绕(盤繞) to coil; to twine; to weave (basketwork)
 - 魂牵梦绕(魂牽夢繞) to be captivated; to wonder; enchanting
 - 缠绕(纏繞) to twist; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
 - 绕弯(繞彎) to go for a walk around; to speak in a roundabout way
 - 围绕(圍繞) to surround; to encircle ; to revolve around; to circumambulate ; to centre on [an issue]; to focus
 - 绕路(繞路) to make a detour; to take the long route
 - 绕屋树扶疏(繞屋樹扶疏) round my cottage thick-leaved branches sway
 - 绕膝承欢(繞膝承歡) to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness
 - 绕梁三日(繞梁三日) reverberates around the rafters for three days; sonorous and resounding (especially of singing voice)
 - 绕弯子儿(繞彎子兒) to go on a long detour; to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
 - 绕远儿(繞遠兒) the road twists here and there; to make a detour; to take a long way around
 - 余音绕梁(餘音繞梁) reverberates around the rafters; sonorous and resounding
 
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 10
 - 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
 - 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
 - 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 6
 - 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
 - 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
 - 第二回 Chapter 17 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
 - 卷四十三 志第十九 地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
 - 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
 - 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 5
 
Collocations
- 发绕 (髮繞) 文公髮繞炙 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II — count: 5
 - 绕城 (繞城) 河水分流繞城下 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十六下 西域傳 Volume 96b: Traditions of the Western Regions 2 — count: 5
 - 龙绕 (龍繞) 繆龍繞之 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第二十九 輿服上 玉輅 乘輿 金根 安車 立車 耕車 戎車 獵車 軿車 青蓋車... Volume 119: Travel and Dress Part One — count: 4
 - 绕环 (繞環) 若角動繞環之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 4
 - 绕朝 (繞朝) 繞朝贈之以策 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
 - 绕宫 (繞宮) 衛尉卿驅馳繞宮 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第四 禮儀上 合朔 立春 五供 上陵 冠 夕牲 耕 高禖 養老 先蠶 祓禊 Volume 94: Etiquette Part One — count: 3
 - 绕帐 (繞帳) 為繞帳督 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十一 吳書六 宗室傳 Volume 51: Book of Wu 6 - Biographies of nobles — count: 3
 - 绕梁 (繞梁) 韻清繞梁 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai — count: 3
 - 绕炙 (繞炙) 文公髮繞炙 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II — count: 3
 - 白绕 (白繞) 白繞 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十一 皇甫嵩朱儁列傳 Volume 71: Biographies of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun — count: 3