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盘旋 (pán xuán): Circle (around) (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

盘 • pán • plate, dish, tray; to coil, to wind
pán盘

plate, dish, tray; to coil, to wind

旋 • xuán • to revolve, to rotate, to circle
xuán旋

to revolve, to rotate, to circle

Word Info

Pinyinpán xuán
Meaningcircle (around); spiral
Characters2
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HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 盘旋.

  • 博大精深bó dà jīng shēnextensive and profound; have extensive knowledge and profound scholarship
  • 残留cán liúremain; be left over; residual
  • 不禁bù jīncannot refrain from; involuntarily; spontaneously
  • 败坏bài huàiruin; corrupt; debase
  • 爆炸bào zhàexplode; blow up; bomb
  • 标本biāo běnspecimen; sample; representative
  • 遍布biàn bùbe found everywhere; spread all over
  • 不顾bú gùdisregard; in spite of
  • 便利biàn lìconvenient; easy
  • 贝壳bèi kéconch; sea shell
  • 罢工bà gōnggo on strike; down tools
  • 不得已bù dé yǐbe forced to; have no alternative but to
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 盘旋.

Words with 盘
  • 盘子pán zitray
  • 光盘guāng pánlaser disc (eg CD or DVD)
  • 键盘jiàn pánkeyboard
  • 盘算
pán suan
calculate / reckon
  • 硬盘yìng pánhard disk
  • 算盘suàn panabacus / calculation
  • 方向盘fāng xiàng pánSteering wheel
  • 全盘quán pánoverall; whole; complete
    • Words with 旋
    • 旋律xuán lǜmelody
    • 旋转xuán zhuǎnrevolve; rotate; spin
    • 凯旋kǎi xuántriumphantly return
    • 周旋zhōu xuánManeuver / handle
    • 旋涡xuán wōVortex / whirlpool
    • 回旋huí xuáncircle, spiral, maneuver
    • 斡旋wòxuánmediate, intervene to resolve a dispute
    • 旋风xuàn fēngwhirlwind; cyclone
    4.

    How to Use 盘旋 in Sentences

    Adjective + Nounwith楼梯
    pán盘
    xuán旋
    de的
    lóu楼
    tī梯
    neutral
    spiral staircase
    Adverb + Verbwith久久
    jiǔ久
    jiǔ久
    pán盘
    xuán旋
    Verb + Prepositional Phrasewith在空中
    zài在
    kōng空
    zhōng中
    pán盘
    xuán旋
    Verb + Complementwith而上
    pán盘
    xuán旋
    ér而
    shàng上
    5.

    Example Sentences with 盘旋

    fēi飞
    jī机
    zài在
    tiān天
    shàng上
    pán盘
    neutral
    linger and circle for a long time
    neutral
    circle in the air
    formal
    Written
    spiral upward
    xuán
    旋
    。
    The airplane is circling in the sky.
    nǐ你
    xīn心
    lǐ里
    shì是
    bu不
    shì是
    yì一
    zhí直
    pán盘
    xuán旋
    zhe着
    cí辞
    zhí职
    de的
    niàn念
    tou头
    ？
    Has the thought of resigning been circling in your mind all along?
    niǎo鸟
    ér儿
    zài在
    shù树
    dǐng顶
    pán盘
    xuán旋
    le了
    jǐ几
    quān圈
    ，
    rán然
    hòu后
    fēi飞
    zǒu走
    le了
    。
    The bird circled a few times above the treetop before flying away.
    guān关
    yú于
    nà那
    bǐ笔
    tóu投
    zī资
    de的
    fēng风
    xiǎn险
    ，
    yí疑
    lǜ虑
    shǐ始
    zhōng终
    zài在
    wǒ我
    nǎo脑
    zhōng中
    pán盘
    xuán旋
    。
    Doubts about the risks of that investment have been spiraling in my mind all along.
    zhí直
    shēng升
    jī机
    zài在
    shī失
    shì事
    hǎi海
    yù域
    shàng上
    kōng空
    pán盘
    xuán旋
    sōu搜
    suǒ索
    ，
    tóng同
    shí时
    jiù救
    yuán援
    chuán船
    zhèng正
    quán全
    sù速
    shǐ驶
    lái来
    。
    The helicopter circled and searched over the accident sea area while the rescue ship was speeding towards it.