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繞 (jiu2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

繞 (jiu2, rào) — to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex; to entwine; to surround

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 繞 (jiu5) — to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go r…
• 繞一圈 (jiu5 jat1 hyun1) — to go around one time; to do a circuit
• 繞來繞去 (jiu5 loi4 jiu5 heoi3) — meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhe…
• 繞口令 (jiu5 hau2 ling6) — tongue-twister
• 繞嘴 (jiu5 zeoi2) — hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister
• 繞圈子 (jiu5 hyun1 zi2) — to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush

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