绕 rào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
绕行
ràoxíng
to make a detour; to go around
Characters in this word
行 xíng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 亍 to take small steps
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 由于主桥维修，所有车辆需绕行东侧辅路。 Yóuyú zhǔqiáo wéixiū, suǒyǒu chēliàng xū ràoxíng dōngcè fǔlù. Because the main bridge is under repair, all vehicles must make a detour along the eastern service road.
- 前方道路塌方，司机只好绕行山区小路。 Qiánfāng dàolù tāfāng, sījī zhǐhǎo ràoxíng shānqū xiǎolù. With a landslide ahead on the road, the driver had no choice but to take a detour on a small mountain lane.
- 河水漫过了桥面，行人只能绕行上游渡口。 Héshuǐ mànguò le qiáomiàn, xíngrén zhǐ néng ràoxíng shàngyóu dùkǒu. The river flooded the bridge, so pedestrians could only detour to the ferry crossing upstream.
Related words
- 绕 rào to go around; to wind around
- 围绕 wéirào to surround; to center on
- 缠绕 chánrào to twine around; to be intertwined
- 环绕 huánrào to surround; to encircle
- 绕远儿 ràoyuǎnr to take a roundabout route; roundabout
- 行 xíng OK, all right; to go
- 不行 bùxíng not okay; cannot
- 进行 jìnxíng to be in progress; to carry out
- 举行 jǔxíng to hold an event
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 旅行 lǚxíng to travel; trip
- 行动 xíngdòng to take action