| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 绕 | 遶 | 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 | 绕过 | 繞過 | rào guò | rao4 guo4 | to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc) | ||
| 3 | 绕射 | 繞射 | rào shè | rao4 she4 | interference (of wave motion in physics) | ||
| 4 | 绕嘴 | 繞嘴 | rào zuǐ | rao4 zui3 | hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister | ||
| 5 | 绕组 | 繞組 | rào zǔ | rao4 zu3 | coil (in electric motor or transformer) | ||
| 6 | 绕远儿 | 繞遠兒 | rào yuǎn r | rao4 yuan3 r5 | the road twists here and there; to make a detour; to take a long way around | ||
| 7 | 绕一圈 | 繞一圈 | rào yī quān | rao4 yi1 quan1 | to go around one time; to do a circuit | ||
| 8 | 绕行 | 繞行 | rào xíng | rao4 xing2 | detour; long way around | ||
| 9 | 绕膝承欢 | 繞膝承歡 | rào xī chéng huān | rao4 xi1 cheng2 huan1 | to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom) | ||
| 10 | 绕膝 | 繞膝 | rào xī | rao4 xi1 | (children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents | ||
| 11 | 绕弯子 | 繞彎子 | rào wān zi | 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 | ||
| 12 | 绕弯子儿 | 繞彎子兒 | rào wān zǐ r | rao4 wan1 zi3 r5 | lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush | ||
| 13 | 绕弯儿 | 繞彎兒 | rào wān r | rao4 wan1 r5 | to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way | ||
| 14 | 绕弯 | 繞彎 | rào wān | rao4 wan1 | to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way | ||
| 15 | 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 | ||
| 16 | 绕手 | 繞手 | rào shǒu | rao4 shou3 | thorny issue; tricky case | ||
| 17 | 绕绕 | 繞繞 | rào rào | rao4 rao4 | twisting and turning; involved and tricky | ||
| 18 | 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 | ||
| 19 | 绕路 | 繞路 | rào lù | rao4 lu4 | to make a detour; to take the long route | ||
| 20 | 绕流 | 繞流 | rào liú | rao4 liu2 | turbulence (in fluid mechanics) | ||
| 21 | 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) | ||
| 22 | 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 | ||
| 23 | 绕口令 | 繞口令 | rào kǒu lìng | rao4 kou3 ling4 | tongue-twister | ||
| 24 | 绕地 | 繞地 | rào dì | rao4 di4 | to orbit the earth | ||
| 25 | 绕道迂回 | 繞道迂回 | rào dào yū huí | rao4 dao4 yu1 hui2 | to make a detour (idiom) |
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