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HSK 3.0Vocab 5 Recognition 5

1.

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2.

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3.

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Left-Right

绕

纟silk, thread

尧high, ancient ruler

绕

4.

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5.

How to Use 绕

Surrounding and Enclosing

In words like 围绕 and 环绕, 绕 (rào) suggests encircling or surrounding a center.

围绕 • wéi rào • center on; revolve round • HSK 5

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6.

Example Sentences

bié别

rào绕

quān圈

zi子

le了

，

zhí

Information

Pinyinrào

Meaningwind; coil; move round

Strokes9

Radical纟

Traditional繞

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1406

Zhuyinㄖㄠˋ

UnicodeU+7ED5

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纟silk, thread

+尧high, ancient ruler

Threads (纟) are wound around (尧) an object, depicting the action of encircling or bypassing something.

wéi围

rào绕

center on; revolve round

环绕 • huán rào • surround / encircle • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

huán环

rào绕

surround / encircle

Coiling and Bypassing

In words like 缠绕 and 绕行, 绕 (rào) means to twine around or to detour around something.

缠绕 • chán rào • twine; swathe • HSK 6

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chán缠

rào绕

twine; swathe

绕行 • rào xíng • detour / bypass • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

rào绕

xíng行

detour / bypass

直

jiē接

shuō说

zhòng重

diǎn点

ba吧

。

Stop beating around the bush, get to the point.

qián前

fāng方

shī施

gōng工

，

qǐng请

rào绕

lù路

xíng行

shǐ驶

。

Construction ahead, please take a detour.

yuè月

liàng亮

huán环

rào绕

dì地

qiú球

zhuǎn转

。

The moon orbits the Earth.

zhè这

ge个

rào绕

kǒu口

lìng令

hěn很

nán难

kuài快

sù速

shuō说

qīng清

chǔ楚

。

This tongue twister is hard to say quickly.

zhè这

tiáo条

lù路

rào绕

guò过

le了

nà那

zuò座

xiǎo小

shān山

。

This road winds around that small hill.

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杀shākill; slaughter; in the extreme
傻shǎstupid; muddleheaded; silly
晒shàishine upon; dry in the sun; bask
蛇shésnake; serpent
伸shēnstretch; extend
升shēnglitre; to promote; to rise

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Characters pronounced "rao".

饶ráorich, abundant; to spare, to forgive
扰rǎoto disturb, to annoy

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Characters with radical "纟".

绥suísoothe, appease, pacify
缰jiāngreins, bridle
缄jiānseal, close; bind; letter
缮shànrepair, mend; rewrite, transcribe
缨yīnga chin strap; tassel; to annoy, bother
绦tāosilk cord, ribbon

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