盘旋

盤旋
pánxuán
  1. to spiral
  2. to circle
  3. to go around
  4. to hover
  5. to orbit

CEDICT

  1. to pace back and forth; to hover; to linger
  2. to spiral; to circle

Wiktionary

  1. 周旋进退。
  2. 旋转、环绕。
  3. 徘徊逗留。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 盘 pán
  1. tray; plate; dish
  2. (finance) (bound form) market prices
  3. (computing) (bound form) disk
  4. to coil (a rope, pigtail etc)
  5. to check; to examine; to investigate
  6. to transfer; to sell (property)
  7. to shift; to move (sth big and heavy)
  8. classifier for things resembling a plate or dish
  9. classifier for coils
  10. classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
2 旋 xuán
  1. to revolve
  2. a loop
  3. a circle

Containing this entry

盘旋曲折 pánxuánqūzhé (idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously

Related entries

蜗旋 wōxuán to spiral
绕 rào
  1. variant of 绕 rào, to rotate around
  2. to spiral
  3. to move around
  4. to go round (an obstacle)
  5. to by-pass
  6. to make a detour
狗绕着桌子走。

The dog is walking around the table.

Source: Tatoeba

盘桓 pánhuán
  1. to pace
  2. to linger
  3. to stay over
  4. to spiral
  5. to hover
绕 rào
  1. to wind
  2. to coil (thread)
  3. to rotate around
  4. to spiral
  5. to move around
  6. to go round (an obstacle)
  7. to by-pass
  8. to make a detour
  9. to confuse
  10. to perplex
狗绕着桌子走。

The dog is walking around the table.

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飞来飞去 fēiláifēiqù
  1. to fly about
  2. to fly hither and thither
  3. to flit
  4. to swarm
  5. to spiral
回 huí
  1. to circle
  2. to go back
  3. to turn around
  4. to answer
  5. to return
  6. to revolve
  7. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. time
  9. classifier for acts of a play
  10. section or chapter (of a classic book)
回辦公室去。

Go back to the office.

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翔回 xiánghuí to circle (in the sky)
周 zhōu
  1. to make a circuit
  2. to circle
  3. circle
  4. circumference
  5. lap
  6. cycle
  7. complete
  8. all
  9. all over
  10. thorough
  11. to help financially
这周我非常忙。

I'm very busy this week.

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环绕 huánrào
  1. to surround
  2. to circle
  3. to revolve around
日本被海环绕着。

Japan is surrounded by sea.

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兜圈子 dōuquānzi
  1. to encircle
  2. to go around
  3. to circle
  4. to beat about the bush
框 kuàng
  1. frame (e.g. door frame)
  2. casing
  3. fig. framework
  4. template
  5. to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth)
  6. to frame
  7. to restrict
  8. Taiwan pr. kuāng
我還記得很多年前有一次我在溫哥華的市中心過馬路，一個印第安女人看著我說道：「別笑！」我能從她的臉上看出異域的西方文化真的框住了她的生活。

Walking through the crosswalk in Downtown Vancouver, BC, many years ago, a Native Indian woman looked at my face and said, "Don't smile!" I could see on her face how foreign Occidental culture really strained her life.

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徼 jiào
  1. boundary
  2. to go around
抹 mò
  1. to plaster
  2. to go around
  3. to skirt
他用手帕把手抹乾淨。

He wiped his hands on a handkerchief.

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悬停 xuántíng to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)
漂浮 piāofú
  1. to float
  2. to hover
  3. to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
  4. to rove
  5. showy
  6. superficial
油漂浮在水上。

Oil will float on water.

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萦绕 yíngrào
  1. to linger on
  2. to hover
  3. to encircle
我昨晚一整夜沒睡好，因為有許多事情縈繞在我的心頭。

I couldn't sleep well last night because there were lots of things on my mind.

Source: Tatoeba

飘浮 piāofú
  1. to float
  2. to hover
  3. also written 漂浮
他是世上第一個在太空中飄浮的人。

He was the first man to float in space.

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绕行 ràoxíng
  1. to take a circular (or circuitous) route
  2. to do a circuit
  3. (of a planet) to orbit
  4. (of a sailor) to circumnavigate
  5. to take a detour
  6. to bypass
海王星繞行太陽一周要花一百六十五年。

It takes 165 years for Neptune to orbit around the sun.

Source: Tatoeba