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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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
rào - variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around
- to spiral
- to move around
- to go round (an obstacle)
- to by-pass
- to make a detour

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 2,529 4,094 3,999

Character Breakdown:

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Thread

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 2,529 4,094 3,999
围绕 5 5 7,672 2,942 7,279
绕道 - - 8,421 22,808 19,427
环绕 - 8 9,729 12,032 13,751
萦绕 - - 13,560 25,714 16,746
缠绕 6 - 14,459 15,773 12,109
绕过 - - 15,633 - -
绕圈子 - - 18,002 86,931 74,041
绕行 - 9 24,998 20,169 21,018
绕弯子 - - 29,315 89,265 55,885
缭绕 - - 31,363 28,483 21,251
绕口令 - - 35,825 52,375 25,670
盘绕 - - 57,479 71,418 79,816
旋绕 - - 65,636 - 123,500
绕嘴 - - 72,322 - 95,473
绕弯儿 - - 74,176 - -
回绕 - - 78,002 - 86,312