Meaning
go around; to wind (around)
Chinese: 围着转、绕开。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “rao” becomes a different word in each tone. 绕 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 围绕wéi ràoto revolve around; to center on (an issue)
- 缠绕chán ràotwisting; to twine; to wind; to pester
- 环绕huán ràoto surround; to circle; to revolve around
- 绕行rào xíngto take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit; (of a sailor) to circumnavigate
- 绕地rào dìto orbit the Earth
Example Sentence
为了避开堵车，我们绕了一条远路。Wèi le bì kāi dǔ chē, wǒ men rào le yì tiáo yuǎn lù.To avoid the traffic jam, we took a long way around.
为了Wèi lein order to避开bì kāito avoid堵车dǔ chētraffic jam，我们wǒ menwe绕ràoto wind了le(completed action)一yìone条tiáostrip远yuǎnfar路lùroad (CL:条)。