绕
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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
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How 绕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 尧 (phonetic, yáo)
How to remember it
go around · Heisig RSH #2379
thread + javelin thrower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尧
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尧 (yáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尧 sound component | yáo | a legendary ancient emperor-sage |
| 烧 | shāo | to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast |
| 饶 | ráo | abundant, bountiful |
| 翘 | qiào | outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise |
| 晓 | xiǎo | dawn; clear, explicit, known |
| 挠 | náo | to yield; to scratch, to disturb |
| 浇 | jiāo | to spray, to sprinkle, to water |
| 跷 | qiāo | to stand on tiptoe; stilts |
| 侥 | jiǎo | to be lucky; by chance, by luck |
| 桡 | ráo | radius, forearm; a bent or twisted piece of wood |
| 蛲 | náo | parasitic worm; human pinworm |
| 骁 | xiāo | valiant, brave; skilled; a noble steed |
| 娆 | ráo | graceful, charming, fascinating |
| 荛 | ráo | fuel, firewood; grass, shrub; Wikstroemia japonica |
| 哓 | xiāo | garrulous; disturbed; restless |
| 硗 | qiāo | barren land; sandy soil |
| 铙 | náo | cymbals, hand-bell; to disturb |
Words containing 绕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绕远儿 | rào yuǎn r | to go the long way round; to take a circuitous route; (of a route) circuitous |
| 绕梁三日 | rào liáng sān rì | reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp.… |
| 绕口令 | rào kǒu lìng | tongue-twister |
| 绕圈子 | rào quān zi | to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush |
| 绕一圈 | rào yī quān | to go around one time; to do a circuit |
| 绕弯子儿 | rào wān zǐ r | lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the… |
| 余音绕梁 | yú yīn rào liáng | reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voi… |
| 绕地 | rào dì | to orbit the Earth |
| 绕行 | rào xíng | to take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit; (of a s… |
| 绕手 | rào shǒu | thorny issue; tricky case |
| 绕道 | rào dào | to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass |
| 绕流 | rào liú | turbulence (in fluid mechanics) |
| 绕路 | rào lù | to make a detour; to take the long route |
| 绕过 | rào guò | to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc) |
| 回绕 | huí rào | winding |
| 绕嘴 | rào zuǐ | hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister |
| 绕来绕去 | rào lái rào qù | meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere |
| 盘绕 | pán rào | to coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork) |
| 绕射 | rào shè | (physics) to diffract |
| 环绕 | huán rào | to surround; to circle; to revolve around |