Chinese symbol for “circumvent”
绕过
rào guò
Traditional: 繞過
to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for circumvent is 绕过 (rào guò), defined as: to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 绕过.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 围绕 (圍繞) | wéi rào | to revolve around; to center on (an issue) |
| 环绕 (環繞) | huán rào | to surround; to circle |
| 绕道 (繞道) | rào dào | to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour |
| 缠绕 (纏繞) | chán rào | twisting; to twine |
| 绕行 (繞行) | rào xíng | to take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.