Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 绕弯子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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

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
- - 29,315 89,265 55,885

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
wān- to bend
- bent
- a bend; a turn (in a road etc)
- CL:道[dao4]
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 绕弯子

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
绕弯子 - - 29,315 89,265 55,885