环绕 meaning in English

huánrào

to surround; to circle

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 環繞17 strokes

Meaning of 环绕

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huánrào
  1. to surround
  2. to circle
  3. to revolve around

环绕 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

今jīn天tiān我wǒ们men的de人rén造zào卫wèi星xīng正zhèng在zài环huán绕rào地dì球qiú运yùn转zhuàn。
Today our artificial satellites are revolving around the earth.
让ràng卫wèi星xīng环huán绕rào地dì球qiú的de是shì重zhòng力lì。
It's gravity that makes satellites move around the Earth.
这zhè将jiāng是shì我wǒ环huán绕rào美měi国guó旅lǚ行xíng中zhōng一yí个gè很hěn好hǎo的de纪jì念niàn品pǐn。
This will be a good souvenir of my trip around the United States.
光guāng一yī秒miǎo钟zhōng能néng够gòu环huán绕rào地dì球qiú七qī圈quān半bàn。
Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.
这zhè座zuò城chéng市shì被bèi群qún山shān环huán绕rào。
The mountains were all around the city.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

环 huán · ring · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

绕 rào · to wind · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 环绕.

环境huánjìngenvironment; circumstances
环保huánbǎoenvironmental protection; environmentally friendly
围绕wéiràoto revolve around; to center on (an issue)
环节huánjié(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated w
循环xúnhuánto cycle; to circulate
环球huánqiúaround the world; worldwide
光环guānghuánring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
绕行ràoxíngto take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit
连环liánhuánchain of rings; (attributive) linked; successive; serial
耳环ěrhuánearring
绕过ràoguòto detour; to bypass
绕道ràodàoto go by a roundabout route; to take a detour

Questions about 环绕

What does 环绕 mean?

环绕 (huánrào) means "to surround; to circle" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 环绕?

环绕 is made of 2 characters: 环 (8 strokes), 绕 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 环绕 an HSK word?

Yes. 环绕 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 环绕 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 环绕 is written 環繞.