HSK 5 · Verbs

绕 rào “to wind” in Chinese

Traditional 繞

What 绕 means

  1. to wind
  2. to coil (thread)
  3. to rotate around
  4. to spiral
  5. to move around
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to go round (an obstacle)

How to say 绕

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale绕rào4th tone, falling

绕 in a sentence

  1. 地球绕着太阳转。

    Dìqiú ràozhe tàiyáng zhuàn.

    The Earth goes around the Sun.

    Sentence #993772 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 狗绕着桌子走。

    Gǒu ràozhe zhuōzi zǒu.

    The dog is walking around the table.

    Sentence #9409554 from Tatoeba

  3. 你最喜欢哪一个绕口令？

    Nǐ zuì xǐhuan nǎ yí ge ràokǒulìng?

    What’s your favourite tongue twister?

    Sentence #925668 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 绕 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 绕 (rào) with each of its parts in a different colour
绕ràoto wind
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 尧a legendary ancient emperor-sage · YáoSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 尧 (Yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with rào.

How to write 绕

绕 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

绕 (rào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 绕 (rào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 绕

Words with 绕

围绕wéirào · to revolve around缠绕chánrào · to wind around

More words: Common Verbs

取消qǔxiāo · to cancel去世qùshì · to pass away缺乏quēfá · to lack燃烧ránshāo · to burn忍不住rěnbuzhù · cannot help洒sǎ · to sprinkle杀shā · to kill晒shài · to dry in the sun

FAQs

绕 (rào) means “to wind” or “to coil (thread)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it rào: rào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 绕 is written 繞. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 绕 from the suggestions. Typing rao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
绕 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.