绕 繞 rao4
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

strokes 18
radical
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糸
strokes after radical 12
缠绕 纏繞 chan2 rao4
twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother

缠绕茎 纏繞莖 chan2 rao4 jing1
vine; twining stem

环绕 環繞 huan2 rao4
to surround; to circle; to revolve around

回绕 回繞 hui2 rao4
winding

魂牵梦绕 魂牽夢繞 hun2 qian1 meng4 rao4
to be captivated; to wonder; enchanting

卷绕 卷繞 juan3 rao4
to wind; to coil; to spool; to loop around; winding

缭绕 繚繞 liao2 rao4
to curl up; to linger on (sound)

盘绕 盤繞 pan2 rao4
to coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork)

绕脖子 繞脖子 rao4 bo2 zi5
tricky; involved; to beat about the bush

绕道 繞道 rao4 dao4
roundabout route; detour

绕地 繞地 rao4 di4
to orbit the earth

绕过 繞過 rao4 guo4
to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)

绕口令 繞口令 rao4 kou3 ling4
tongue-twister

绕来绕去 繞來繞去 rao4 lai2 rao4 qu4
meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere

绕梁三日 繞梁三日 rao4 liang2 san1 ri4
reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

绕流 繞流 rao4 liu2
turbulence (in fluid mechanics)

绕路 繞路 rao4 lu4
to make a detour; to take the long route

绕圈子 繞圈子 rao4 quan1 zi5
to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush

绕绕 繞繞 rao4 rao4
twisting and turning; involved and tricky

绕射 繞射 rao4 she4
interference (of wave motion in physics)

绕手 繞手 rao4 shou3
thorny issue; tricky case

绕腾 繞騰 rao4 teng5
to run a long way around; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush

绕弯 繞彎 rao4 wan1
to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way

绕弯儿 繞彎兒 rao4 wan1 er5
to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way

绕弯子儿 繞彎子兒 rao4 wan1 zi3 er5
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 繞彎子 rao4 wan1 zi5
lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush

绕膝 繞膝 rao4 xi1
(children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents

绕膝承欢 繞膝承歡 rao4 xi1 cheng2 huan1
to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)

绕行 繞行 rao4 xing2
detour; long way around

绕一圈 繞一圈 rao4 yi1 quan1
to go around one time; to do a circuit

绕远儿 繞遠兒 rao4 yuan3 er5
the road twists here and there; to make a detour; to take a long way around

绕组 繞組 rao4 zu3
coil (in electric motor or transformer)

绕嘴 繞嘴 rao4 zui3
hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister

围绕 圍繞 wei2 rao4
to revolve around; to center on (an issue)

胃绕道 胃繞道 wei4 rao4 dao4
gastric bypass

旋绕 旋繞 xuan2 rao4
to curl up; to wind around

萦绕 縈繞 ying2 rao4
to linger on; to hover; to encircle

余响绕梁 餘響繞梁 yu2 xiang3 rao4 liang2
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

余音绕梁 餘音繞梁 yu2 yin1 rao4 liang2
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)