繚繞

缭绕
liáorào
  1. (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward
  2. (of a sound) to linger on

CEDICT

to curl up; to wind around

Wiktionary

  1. 環繞、盤旋。
  2. 飄搖。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 繚 liáo
  1. to wind round
  2. to sew with slanting stitches
2 繞 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

Related entries

縈繞 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

流連 liúlián
  1. to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave)
  2. to linger on
不絕於耳 bùjuéyúěr
  1. (of sound) to never stop
  2. to fall incessantly on the ear
  3. to linger on