绕（繞）;[Ⅰ
❷
❸]rào

Ⅰ  ❶ （缠绕） wind; coil: 把线 ～ 在线轴上 wind thread on to a reel [spool]; 这钢丝弹簧 ～ 得很均匀。 The wire spring is evenly coiled.
❷ （围着转动） move round; circle; revolve: 地球 ～ 着太阳转。 The earth moves [revolves] round the sun. 飞机在机场上空 ～ 圈。 The plane circled over the airfield.
❸ （迂回过去） make a detour; bypass; go round: ～ 过暗礁 bypass hidden reefs; steer clear of submerged rocks; 道路施工， 车辆 ～ 行。 Detour. Road under repair. 货轮 ～ 过好望角， 驶入大西洋。 The freighter rounded the Cape of Good Hope and sailed into the Atlantic. 你必须明确回答这个问题， 想 ～ 是 ～ 不过去的。 You must give a definite answer to the question. There's no getting round it. 你如果不能跳过这条小河， 就必须 ～ 道从桥上过去。 If you can't jump over the stream, you'll have to go round by the bridge. 他 ～ 过拐弯处便不见了。 He got round the corner out of sight.
❹ (纠缠， 使迷惑) confuse; baffle; befuddle: 你的话把他 ～ 住了。 What you said confused him. Ⅱ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 朝 Rao Chao
另见 see also rǎo。
◆绕包机 wrapping machine; 绕脖子 [方] beat about the bush; speak or act in a roundabout way; involved; knotty; tricky; 绕城公路[环城公路] ring high way; 绕道 make a detour; go by a roundabout route; 绕道行驶 detour; 绕接 solderless wrapped connection; wire- wrap connection; {电工} wrapped connection; 绕口令 tongue twister; 绕圈子 circle; go round and round; take a roundabout way; 绕射 {物} diffraction; diffract; 绕弯儿 [方] go for a stroll [walk]; talk in a roundabout way; beat about the bush; 绕膝承欢 stay with one's parents in order to make them happy; 绕线 coiling; 绕行 passing round; make a detour; 绕远儿 go the long way round; take a round about way; 绕月轨道 {航空} lunar orbit; 绕月火箭 circumlunar rocket; 绕转 circling; circumrotation; orbiting; revolution; 绕组 {电} winding; 绕嘴 (of a sentence, etc.) not be smooth; be difficult to articulate