全面 quán miàn all-around / comprehensive / total / overall syn 引导 引導 yǐn dǎo to guide / to lead (around) / to conduct / to boot / introduction / primer syn 围绕 圍繞 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue) syn 参观 參觀 cān guān to look around / to tour / to visit syn 转动 轉動 zhuǎn dòng to turn sth around / to swivel syn 打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around syn 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn 盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit syn 探望 tàn wàng to visit / to call on sb / to look around syn 将至 將至 jiāng zhì to be about to arrive / to be around the corner 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 东张西望 東張西望 dōng zhāng xī wàng to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around syn 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply syn 游移 yóu yí to wander / to shift around / to waver / to vacillate syn 顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn 好惹 hǎo rě accommodating / easy to push around 骨碌碌 gū lù lù (onom.) rolling around / spinning / also pr. [gu1 lu1 lu1] / Taiwan pr. [gu2 lu4 lu5] 倒 dǎo to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit syn 累 纍 léi rope / to bind together / to twist around syn 绕 遶 rào variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour syn 晕 暈 yùn dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun syn 四周 sì zhōu all around syn 一周 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle 环球 環球 huán qiú around the world / worldwide syn 全方位 quán fāng wèi all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive syn 改革开放 改革開放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 运转 運轉 yùn zhuǎn to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around syn 观望 觀望 guān wàng to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey syn 回首 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past syn 环绕 環繞 huán rào to surround / to circle / to revolve around syn 回车 回車 huí chē to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key 春运 春運 chūn yùn (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year 天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 漫游 漫遊 màn yóu to travel around / to roam / (mobile telephony) roaming syn 张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn 弯曲 彎曲 wān qū to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp syn 日夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock syn 巡回 巡迴 xún huí to go around / to roam / to tour syn 走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn 张望 張望 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at syn 游行 遊行 yóu xíng to march / to parade / to demonstrate / procession / march / demonstration / to travel around / to roam 绕过 繞過 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) 逛逛 guàng guang to roam around / to have a stroll syn 扭头 扭頭 niǔ tóu to turn one's head / to turn around syn 玩乐 玩樂 wán lè to play around / to disport oneself syn 四射 sì shè to radiate all around 天府 tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty syn 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near syn 回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn 转弯 轉彎 zhuǎn wān to turn / to go around a corner syn 泡妞 pào niū to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls 匈奴 xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties 灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn 四起 sì qǐ to spring up everywhere / from all around syn 回旋 迴旋 huí xuán to circle / to wheel / to go around syn 环顾 環顧 huán gù to look around / to survey syn 沿江 yán jiāng along the river / the region around the river 乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place syn 未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day syn 簇拥 簇擁 cù yōng to crowd around / to escort syn 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 环视 環視 huán shì to look around (a room etc) / (fig.) to take a comprehensive look at syn 乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly / to mess around syn 游牧 遊牧 yóu mù nomadic / to move about in search of pasture / to rove around as a nomad 被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 转悠 轉悠 zhuàn you to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly syn 回廊 迴廊 huí láng winding corridor / cloister / ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister) 钱塘 錢塘 qián táng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] 满天飞 滿天飛 mǎn tiān fēi to rush around everywhere / always active 楚国 楚國 chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei 水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 周游 週遊 zhōu yóu variant of 周遊|周游, to tour / to travel around syn 四顾 四顧 sì gù to look around 传开 傳開 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around syn 急转 急轉 jí zhuǎn to whirl / to turn around quickly 在望 zài wàng within view / visible / (fig.) in the offing / around the corner / soon to materialize syn 围坐 圍坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator) 团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 过来人 過來人 guò lái rén an experienced person / sb who has "been around (the block)" / sb who has personally experienced it syn 把玩 bǎ wán to turn around in one's hands / to play with / to fiddle with 海河 hǎi hé Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口) 代步 dài bù to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc) / to ride (or drive) / means of transportation syn 欺压 欺壓 qī yā to bully / to push around syn 淮海 huái hǎi Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces 泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China 浪荡 浪蕩 làng dàng to loiter / to hang around / dissolute / licentious syn 指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent / just around the corner (idiom) syn 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 搪塞 táng sè to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge syn 佛光 fó guāng Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha) 探查 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around syn 