Chinese word dictionary

缭绕

liáo rào · (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on

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Word information

Simplified缭绕

Traditional繚繞

Pinyinliáo rào

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

缭liáo

confused; to bind; to wind around

绕rào

to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve

How to learn 缭绕

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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绕rào

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; 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

围绕wéirào

to revolve around; to center on (an issue)

缠绕chánrào

twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother

环绕huánrào

to surround; to circle; to revolve around

绕行ràoxíng

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

绕远儿ràoyuǎnr

to go the long way round; to take a circuitous route; (of a route) circuitous