| 1 | 绕 | 繞 | rào | 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; variant of 绕 , to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour | | |
| 2 | 围绕 | 圍繞 | wéi rào | wei2 rao4 | to revolve around; to center on (an issue) | | |
| 3 | 绕过 | 繞過 | rào guò | rao4 guo4 | to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc) | | |
| 4 | 环绕 | 環繞 | huán rào | huan2 rao4 | to surround; to circle; to revolve around | | |
| 5 | 缠绕 | 纏繞 | chán rào | chan2 rao4 | twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother | | |
| 6 | 绕地 | 繞地 | rào dì | rao4 di4 | to orbit the earth | | |
| 7 | 绕腾 | 繞騰 | rào teng | 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 | | |
| 8 | 绕手 | 繞手 | rào shǒu | rao4 shou3 | thorny issue; tricky case | | |
| 9 | 绕射 | 繞射 | rào shè | rao4 she4 | interference (of wave motion in physics) | | |
| 10 | 余音绕梁 | 餘音繞梁 | yú yīn rào liáng | yu2 yin1 rao4 liang2 | reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) | | |
| 11 | 绕圈子 | 繞圈子 | rào quān zi | rao4 quan1 zi5 | to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush | | |
| 12 | 绕路 | 繞路 | rào lù | rao4 lu4 | to make a detour; to take the long route | | |
| 13 | 绕流 | 繞流 | rào liú | rao4 liu2 | turbulence (in fluid mechanics) | | |
| 14 | 绕梁三日 | 繞梁三日 | rào liáng sān rì | rao4 liang2 san1 ri4 | reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) | | |
| 15 | 绕来绕去 | 繞來繞去 | rào lái rào qù | rao4 lai2 rao4 qu4 | meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere | | |
| 16 | 绕口令 | 繞口令 | rào kǒu lìng | rao4 kou3 ling4 | tongue-twister | | |
| 17 | 绕道迂回 | 繞道迂回 | rào dào yū huí | rao4 dao4 yu1 hui2 | to make a detour (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 绕道 | 繞道 | rào dào | rao4 dao4 | to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass | | |
| 19 | 绕脖子 | 繞脖子 | rào bó zi | rao4 bo2 zi5 | tricky; involved; to beat about the bush | | |
| 20 | 盘绕 | 盤繞 | pán rào | pan2 rao4 | to coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork) | | |
| 21 | 缭绕 | 繚繞 | liáo rào | liao2 rao4 | to curl up; to linger on (sound) | | |
| 22 | 卷绕 | 卷繞 | juǎn rào | juan3 rao4 | to wind; to coil; to spool; to loop around; winding | | |
| 23 | 魂牵梦绕 | 魂牽夢繞 | hún qiān mèng rào | hun2 qian1 meng4 rao4 | to be captivated; to wonder; enchanting | | |
| 24 | 回绕 | 回繞 | huí rào | hui2 rao4 | winding | | |
| 25 | 歌声绕梁 | 歌聲繞梁 | gē shēng rào liáng | ge1 sheng1 rao4 liang2 | The vocalist's superb performance lingers on. (idiom) | | |