绕
rào HSK5

entwine

绕 (繞) rào frequency
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.

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

奶奶把买来的毛线绕成一团，准备给刚出生的孙子织一件毛衣。

nǎi​nai bǎ mǎi​lái de máo​xiàn rào chéng yī tuán, zhǔn​bèi gěi gāng chū​shēng de sūn​zi zhī yī jiàn máo​yī.

Grandma wound the yarn she bought into a ball, preparing to knit a sweater for her newborn grandson.

bypass verb
to go around an obstacle or make a detour

前方的路因为施工封死了，所有的车辆都只能绕过这片区域。

qián​fāng de lù yīn​wèi shī​gōng fēng​sǐ le, suǒ​yǒu de chē​liàng dōu zhǐ néng rào guò zhè piàn qū​yù.

The road ahead is blocked off due to construction, so all vehicles must detour around this area.

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
Traditional
繞
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+7ED5

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