| 绕 | 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 |
| 围绕 | wéi rào | to revolve around; to center on (an issue) |
| 绕组 | rào zǔ | coil (in electric motor or transformer) |
| 卷绕 | juǎn rào | to wind; to coil; to spool; to loop around; winding |
| 缠绕 | chán rào | twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother |
| 环绕 | huán rào | to surround; to circle; to revolve around |
| 绕道 | rào dào | roundabout route; detour |
| 缭绕 | liáo rào | to curl up; to linger on (sound) |
| 盘绕 | pán rào | to coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork) |
| 回绕 | huí rào | winding |
| 旋绕 | xuán rào | to curl up; to wind around |
| 萦绕 | yíng rào | to linger on; to hover; to encircle |
| 绕来绕去 | rào lái rào qù | meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere |
| 绕口令 | rào kǒu lìng | tongue-twister |
| 绕嘴 | rào zuǐ | hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister |
| 绕圈子 | rào quān zi | to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush |
| 绕地 | rào dì | to orbit the earth |
| 绕射 | rào shè | interference (of wave motion in physics) |
| 绕弯 | rào wān | to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way |
| 绕弯儿 | rào wānr | to go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way |
| 绕弯子 | rào wān zi | lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush |
| 绕弯子儿 | rào wān zǐr | lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush |
| 绕手 | rào shǒu | thorny issue; tricky case |
| 绕梁三日 | rào liáng sān rì | reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) |
| 绕流 | rào liú | turbulence (in fluid mechanics) |
| 绕绕 | rào rào | twisting and turning; involved and tricky |
| 绕脖子 | rào bó zi | tricky; involved; to beat about the bush |
| 绕膝 | rào xī | (children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents |
| 绕膝承欢 | rào xī chéng huān | to live with one’s parents thus bringing them happiness (idiom) |
| 绕行 | rào xíng | detour; long way around |
| 绕路 | rào lù | to make a detour; to take the long route |
| 绕过 | rào guò | to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc) |
| 绕远儿 | rào yuǎnr | the road twists here and there; to make a detour; to take a long way around |
| 绕腾 | rào teng | to run a long way around; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush |
| 缠绕茎 | chán rào jīng | vine; twining stem |
| 余音绕梁 | yú yīn rào liáng | reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) |
| 余响绕梁 | yú xiǎng rào liáng | reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) |
| 魂牵梦绕 | hún qiān mèng rào | to be captivated; to wonder; enchanting |
