Chinese symbol for “detour”
绕过
rào guò
Traditional: 繞過
to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for detour is 绕过 (rào guò), defined as: to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “detour”
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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “detour”.
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.
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