围
wéi HSK3

surround

围 圍 wéi
around preposition
(bound form) around; surrounding; all around

围着桌子有四把椅子。

wéi zhe zhuō​zi yǒu sì bǎ yǐ​zi.

There are four chairs around the table.

to surround verb
to surround; to encircle; to enclose

请围着桌子站好。

qǐng wéi zhe zhuō​zi zhàn hǎo.

Stand around the table, please.

他们围着我，问我要去哪里。

tā​men wéi zhe wǒ, wèn wǒ yào qù nǎ​li.

They surrounded me and asked me where I was going.

to wrap around noun
to wear by wrapping around (such as a scarf or shawl)
girth verbnoun
the distance around something; circumference; perimeter
[span]
measure word for the span of one's outstretched arms or the circle formed by the thumb and index finger
curtain
(bound form) a cloth screen, curtain, or covering used to block off an area
Wei
the surname Wei
siege
a siege; a military encirclement or defensive position

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Frequency
Character
Written text
576th most common 359.9 per million
Movie subtitles
900th most common 126.1 per million appears in 51% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
18.1 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
59.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
圍
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+56F4

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)