绕 rào in a sentence
Go around (wind - [around] - detour - encircle)
绕 (rào) means Go around (wind - [around] - detour - encircle). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我们 绕 着湖走了一圈。
Wǒmen rào zhe hú zǒu le yì quān.
We walked once around the lake.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 绕
前面修路，要 绕 一下。
Qiánmiàn xiū lù, yào rào yíxià.
The road ahead is under repair; we have to go around.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 绕
月亮围 绕 地球转。
Yuèliang wéirào dìqiú zhuàn.
The moon revolves around the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 围绕
请围 绕 主题写作文。
Qǐng wéirào zhǔtí xiě zuòwén.
Please write your essay around the topic.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 主题
讨论围 绕 这个问题进行。
Tǎolùn wéirào zhège wèntí jìnxíng.
The discussion centred on this question.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 围绕
这个念头一直缠 绕 着他。
Zhège niàntou yìzhí chánràozhe tā.
This thought kept coiling around his mind.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 缠绕
地球 绕 着自己的轴旋转。
Dìqiú ràozhe zìjǐ de zhóu xuánzhuǎn.
The earth rotates on its own axis.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 旋转
藤蔓紧紧地缠 绕 在树干上。
Téngwàn jǐnjǐn de chánrào zài shùgàn shang.
The vines wound themselves tightly around the trunk.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 缠绕
地球 绕 太阳沿椭圆轨道运行。
Dìqiú rào tàiyáng yán tuǒyuán guǐdào yùnxíng.
The earth travels round the sun in an elliptical orbit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 椭圆
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Words that contain 绕
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Questions about 绕
How is 绕 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 绕 (rào, "Go around (wind - [around] - detour - encircle)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 绕 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 绕 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 绕 an HSK word?
Yes — 绕 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 绕?
The dictionary page for 绕 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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