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
绕远儿
ràoyuǎnr
to take a roundabout route; roundabout
Characters in this word
远 yuǎn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 元 first
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 走海边虽然有点绕远儿，但风景比市中心那条路好得多。 Zǒu hǎibiān suīrán yǒu diǎn ràoyuǎnr, dàn fēngjǐng bǐ shìzhōngxīn nà tiáo lù hǎo de duō. Although going by the seafront is a bit roundabout, the scenery is much better than on the road through the city centre.
- 明明坐地铁更近，他却绕远儿骑了好几里路。 Míngmíng zuò dìtiě gèng jìn, tā què ràoyuǎnr qí le hǎo jǐ lǐ lù. The subway was clearly closer, yet he deliberately took a roundabout way and cycled for several kilometers.
- 为了不迟到，我们只好绕远儿多走了半小时。 Wèile bù chídào, wǒmen zhǐhǎo ràoyuǎnr duō zǒu le bàn xiǎoshí. So as not to be late, we had to take a longer route and walk an extra half hour.
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
- 绕行 ràoxíng to make a detour; to go around
- 远 yuǎn far
- 永远 yǒngyuǎn forever
- 跳远 tiàoyuǎn long jump
- 远处 yuǎnchù far away
- 遥远 yáoyuǎn distant
- 远程 yuǎnchéng long-distance, remote
- 远方 yuǎnfāng distant place