圍繞

See also: 围绕

Chinese

		to circle; to surround	go around; to wind (around)
trad. (圍繞)		圍	繞
simp. (围绕)		围	绕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéirào, wéirǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄠˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ jiu² / wai⁴ jiu⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ûi-liáu / ûi-jiáu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui⁵ riao³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéirào
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéirào
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-jao⁴
  - Yale: wéi-ràu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiraw
  - Palladius: вэйжао (vɛjžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, nonstandard or dialectal)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéirǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéirǎo
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-jao³
  - Yale: wéi-rǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weirao
  - Palladius: вэйжао (vɛjžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ jiu² / wai⁴ jiu⁵
  - Yale: wàih yíu / wàih yíuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ jiu² / wai⁴ jiu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ yiu² / wei⁴ yiu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ jiːu̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯²¹ jiːu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: uî-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uiliao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² liau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-jiáu
  - Tâi-lô: uî-jiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uijiao
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² d͡ziau⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui⁵ riao³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûi jiàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡ziau²¹³/

Verb

圍繞

to circle around; to encircle; to surround
to revolve around a topic or issue; to centre on; to focus on

Synonyms

(to circle around):

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包 (literary, or in compounds)
周旋 (zhōuxuán)
圍 / 围 (wéi)
拱 (gǒng)
環抱 / 环抱 (huánbào)
環繞 / 环绕
盤旋 / 盘旋 (pánxuán)
迴旋 / 回旋 (huíxuán)