包围
bāo​wéi HSK5

to surround

包围 包圍 bāo​wéi
to surround verb
to surround; to encircle; to hem in from all sides

黑暗包围了她。

hēi'àn bāo​wéi le tā.

The darkness surrounded her.

有几个人包围了他。

yǒu jǐ​ge rén bāo​wéi le tā.

A few people surrounded him.

encirclement
the act of encircling or hemming in, particularly as a military tactic

Frequency
Movie subtitles
16.8 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
14.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)