鬼混 guǐ hùn to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly syn 滑冰 huá bīng to skate / skating syn 前后 前後 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear syn 晃悠 huàng you to swing / to sway / to wobble / to hang around / to hover around syn 冰刀 bīng dāo ice skates / ice skate blades 滴溜溜 dī liū liū whirling / spinning around and around / round and plump (e.g. of fruit) 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 溜 liū to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate syn 围 圍 wéi to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) syn 扳 bān to pull / to turn (sth) around / to turn around (a situation) / to recoup syn 转来转去 轉來轉去 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth syn 鳐 鰩 yáo skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / ray (fish) 游行 遊行 yóu xíng to march / to parade / to demonstrate / procession / march / demonstration / to travel around / to roam 参观 參觀 cān guān to look around / to tour / to visit syn 全面 quán miàn all-around / comprehensive / total / overall syn 四周 sì zhōu all around syn 引导 引導 yǐn dǎo to guide / to lead (around) / to conduct / to boot / introduction / primer syn 打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around syn 运转 運轉 yùn zhuǎn to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around syn 转弯 轉彎 zhuǎn wān to turn / to go around a corner syn 环球 環球 huán qiú around the world / worldwide syn 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 探望 tàn wàng to visit / to call on sb / to look around syn 巡回 巡迴 xún huí to go around / to roam / to tour syn 乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place syn 围绕 圍繞 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue) syn 逛逛 guàng guang to roam around / to have a stroll syn 乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly / to mess around 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 勾搭 gōu da to gang up / to fool around with / to make up to syn 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn 环绕 環繞 huán rào to surround / to circle / to revolve around syn 转悠 轉悠 zhuàn you to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly syn 弯曲 彎曲 wān qū to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp syn 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 发号施令 發號施令 fā hào shī lìng to boss people around (idiom) syn 搅和 攪和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) syn 团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 玩乐 玩樂 wán lè to play around / to disport oneself syn 转圈 轉圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush syn 盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit syn 周游 週遊 zhōu yóu variant of 周遊|周游, to tour / to travel around syn 灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush 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 回车 回車 huí chē to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key 日夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock syn 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 漫游 漫遊 màn yóu to travel around / to roam / (mobile telephony) roaming syn 传开 傳開 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around syn 回首 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past syn 绕过 繞過 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) 回旋 迴旋 huí xuán to circle / to wheel / to go around syn 逗乐 逗樂 dòu lè to amuse oneself / to clown around / to provoke laughter syn 全方位 quán fāng wèi all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive syn 四起 sì qǐ to spring up everywhere / from all around syn 环顾 環顧 huán gù to look around / to survey syn 浪荡 浪蕩 làng dàng to loiter / to hang around / dissolute / licentious syn 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush syn 张望 張望 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at syn 通融 tōng róng flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan syn 观望 觀望 guān wàng to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey syn 满天飞 滿天飛 mǎn tiān fēi to rush around everywhere / always active 搬动 搬動 bān dòng to move (sth) around / to move house syn 不好惹 bù hǎo rě not to be trifled with / not to be pushed around / stand no nonsense 搪塞 táng sè to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge 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 横冲直撞 橫衝直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom) / to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently syn 调转 調轉 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn 被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 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 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 探查 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around syn 游牧 遊牧 yóu mù nomadic / to move about in search of pasture / to rove around as a nomad 在望 zài wàng within view / visible / (fig.) in the offing / around the corner / soon to materialize syn 扭头 扭頭 niǔ tóu to turn one's head / to turn around syn 作茧自缚 作繭自縛 zuò jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard syn 闲坐 閑坐 xián zuò to sit around / to sit idly 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 欺压 欺壓 qī yā to bully / to push around syn 东张西望 東張西望 dōng zhāng xī wàng to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around syn 掉转 掉轉 diào zhuǎn to turn around syn 指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent / just around the corner (idiom) syn 仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) / to kick people around syn 目空一切 mù kōng yī qiè the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom) / arrogant / condescending / supercilious syn 游逛 遊逛 yóu guàng to go sightseeing / to spend one's leisure time wandering around syn 簇拥 簇擁 cù yōng to crowd around / to escort syn 水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) 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 回廊 迴廊 huí láng winding corridor / cloister / ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister) 围坐 圍坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator) 围拢 圍攏 wéi lǒng to crowd around syn 怨声载道 怨聲載道 yuàn shēng zài dào lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom) / complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced syn 探头探脑 探頭探腦 tàn tóu tàn nǎo to stick one's head out and look around (idiom) syn 游移 yóu yí to wander / to shift around / to waver / to vacillate syn 一拥而上 一擁而上 yī yōng ér shàng to swarm around / flocking (to see) syn 左顾右盼 左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom) / to look all around syn 