围绕
wéi​rào HSK5

to revolve around

围绕 圍繞 wéi​rào
to revolve around verbpreposition
To move around a central point; to encircle or encompass something from all sides

世界并不围绕任何人转。

shì​jiè bìng​bù wéi​rào rèn​hé​rén zhuàn.

The world does not revolve around anyone.

他希望一切都围绕着他。

tā xī​wàng yī​qiè dōu wéi​rào zhe tā.

He wants everything to revolve around him.

to center on preposition
To focus on a specific issue, problem, or topic as the main point of interest

围绕食物进行设计可能会很棘手。

wéi​rào shí​wù jìn​xíng shè​jì kě​néng huì hěn jí​shǒu.

Designing around food can be tricky.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
5.78 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
42.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)