| 绕 | [ raò ] 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 |
| 绕一圈 | [ raò yī quān ] to go around one time, to do a circuit |
| 绕来绕去 | [ raò laí raò qù ] meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere |
| 绕口令 | [ raò koǔ lìng ] tongue-twister |
| 绕嘴 | [ raò zuǐ ] hard to get one's mouth around, a tongue-twister |
| 绕圈子 | [ raò quān zi ] to go around in circles, to make a detour, (fig.) to beat about the bush |
| 绕地 | [ raò dì ] to orbit the earth |
| 绕射 | [ raò shè ] interference (of wave motion in physics) |
| 绕弯 | [ raò wān ] to go for a walk around, fig. to speak in a roundabout way |
| 绕弯儿 | [ raò wān ] to go for a walk around, fig. to speak in a roundabout way |
| 绕弯子 | [ raò wān zi ] lit. to go on a long detour, fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point, to beat about the bush |
| 绕弯子儿 | [ raò wān zǐ ] lit. to go on a long detour, fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point, to beat about the bush |
| 绕手 | [ raò shoǔ ] thorny issue, tricky case |
| 绕梁三日 | [ raò liáng sān rì ] reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) |
| 绕流 | [ raò liú ] turbulence (in fluid mechanics) |
| 绕组 | [ raò zǔ ] coil (in electric motor or transformer) |
| 绕绕 | [ raò raò ] twisting and turning, involved and tricky |
| 绕脖子 | [ raò bó zi ] tricky, involved, to beat about the bush |
| 绕膝 | [ raò xī ] (children) run around parent's knees, fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents |
| 绕膝承欢 | [ raò xī chéng huān ] to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom) |
| 绕行 | [ raò xíng ] 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 |
| 绕路 | [ raò lù ] to make a detour, to take the long route |
| 绕过 | [ raò guò ] to detour, to bypass, to circumvent, to avoid, to wind around (of a road etc) |
| 绕道 | [ raò daò ] to go by a roundabout route, to take a detour, (medicine or civil engineering) bypass |
| 绕远儿 | [ raò yuǎn ] to go the long way round, to take a circuitous route, (of a route) circuitous |
| 绕腾 | [ raò teng ] to run a long way around, fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point, to beat about the bush |
| 绕 | [ raò ] variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around, to spiral, to move around, to go round (an obstacle), to by-pass, to make a detour |
| ⇒ 卷绕 | [ juǎn raò ] to wind, to coil, to spool, to loop around, winding |
| ⇒ 回绕 | [ huí raò ] winding |
| ⇒ 围绕 | [ weí raò ] to revolve around, to center on (an issue) |
| ⇒ 旋绕 | [ xuán raò ] to curl up, to wind around |
| ⇒ 环绕 | [ huán raò ] to surround, to circle, to revolve around |
| ⇒ 盘绕 | [ pán raò ] to coil (around sth), to twine, to weave (basketwork) |
| ⇒ 萦绕 | [ yíng raò ] to linger on, to hover, to encircle |
| ⇒ 缭绕 | [ raò ] to curl up, to linger on (sound) |
| ⇒ 绕来绕去 | [ raò laí raò qù ] meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere |
| ⇒ 绕绕 | [ raò raò ] twisting and turning, involved and tricky |
| ⇒ 缠绕 | [ chán raò ] twisting, to twine, to wind, to pester, to bother |
| ⇒ 缠绕茎 | [ chán raò jīng ] vine, twining stem |
| ⇒ 胃绕道 | [ weì raò daò ] gastric bypass |
| ⇒ 余音绕梁 | [ yú yīn raò liáng ] reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) |
| ⇒ 余响绕梁 | [ yú xiǎng raò liáng ] reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) |
| ⇒ 魂牵梦绕 | [ hún qiān mèng raò ] to be captivated, to wonder, enchanting |
