蟠

pán
to coil

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to extend everywhere
  2. (literary) to wind; to coil; to encircle
  3. (obsolete)
  4. to extend everywhere
  5. to wind; to coil; to encircle

Wiktionary

  1. 盘伏、盘曲。
  2. 弯曲的、扭曲的。

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虎踞龙蟠 hǔjùlóngpán lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
蟠尾丝虫 pánwěisīchóng Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
蟠据 pánjù variant of 盘踞 pánjù
蟠曲 pánqū variant of 盘曲 pánqū
蟠根错节 pángēncuòjié variant of 盘根错节 pángēncuòjié
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Related entries

盘绕 pánrào
  1. to coil (around sth)
  2. to twine
  3. to weave (basketwork)
卷绕 juǎnrào
  1. to wind
  2. to coil
  3. to spool
  4. to loop around
  5. winding
盘缠 pánchán
  1. to twine
  2. to coil
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.

Source: Tatoeba

蜷局 quánjú
  1. to curl up
  2. to coil
缠 chán
  1. to wind around
  2. to wrap round
  3. to coil
  4. tangle
  5. to involve
  6. to bother
  7. to annoy
别缠我了!

Stop bugging me!

Source: Tatoeba

挽 wǎn
  1. to pull
  2. to draw (a cart or a bow)
  3. to roll up
  4. to coil
  5. to carry on the arm
  6. to lament the dead
  7. (fig.) to pull against
  8. to recover
我看见他们胳膊挽着胳膊地走路。

I saw them walking arm in arm.

Source: Tatoeba

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)
他叫了一盘杂碎。

He ordered a chop suey.

Source: Tatoeba