繞
rào HSK5

entwine

绕 (繞) rào
revolve verb
to rotate, spiral, or move around a central point or object

地球绕着太阳公转。

dì​qiú rào zhe tài​yang gōng​zhuàn.

The Earth revolves around the sun.

bypass verb
to go around an obstacle or make a detour

因为前方路段塌方，所有的车辆都得从邻省绕。

yīn​wèi qián​fāng lù​duàn tā​fāng, suǒ​yǒu de chē​liàng dōu děi cóng lín shěng rào.

Because of a landslide on the road ahead, all vehicles must detour through the neighboring province.

wind verb
to wind or coil something such as thread, wire, or rope

她把毛线绕成了一个球。

tā bǎ máo​xiàn rào chéng le yī gè qiú.

She wound the yarn into a ball.

confuse verb
to perplex, muddle, or make something difficult to understand

你把我给绕晕了，我听不明白。

nǐ bǎ wǒ gěi rào yūn le, wǒ tīng bù míng​bai.

You've confused me; I don't understand.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,485th most common 73.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,586th most common 37.5 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
27.9 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
28.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Simplified
绕
Strokes
18
Unicode
U+7E5E

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