绕 rào to entwine
to entwine; to wind around; to orbit; to go round
怎么记住“绕”: 纟 thread + 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage = to entwine. For the school play mum takes gold thread, turns her son into a legendary ancient emperor-sage and uses it to entwine his paper crown.
部件结构
绕 = 纟 thread + 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- 纟 thread
- 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage
For the school play mum takes gold thread, turns her son into a legendary ancient emperor-sage and uses it to entwine his paper crown.
用法
- Verb "to wind around, circle, go around" - 围绕 (wéirào) is extremely common both literally (围绕地球 "orbit the earth") and as an abstract preposition-like word meaning "regarding, centered on": 围绕这个话题讨论 (wéirào zhège huàtí tǎolùn) "discuss centering on this topic".
- 环绕 (huánrào) "to surround" is closer to purely physical/spatial encirclement than 围绕.
- 绕道 (ràodào) "to take a detour" and 绕远儿 (ràoyuǎnr, colloquial/Beijing-flavored) "to go the long way round" are everyday travel phrases.
- 绕圈子 (rào quānzi) "to beat around the bush" extends the circling image to evasive speech.