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

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• (to circle around):

• 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)