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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.all sides; periphery
外围
peripheral
周围
around
- 2
v.enclose; surround; besiege; encircle; wrap
全家人围桌而坐。
The whole family sat around the table.
包围
encircle
学生们把老师团团围住。
completely surround
synonym
- 3
measure wordarm span; hand span
腰细两围
have a slender waist of only two hand-spans
树粗两围
a tree trunk two arm spans around
- 4
n.girth; circumference; perimeter
腰围
the waist
Words and phrases with 围
- 围捕[word]close in upon
- 围生期[word]perinatal period
- 围食膜[word]funnel
- 围圈[word]enclosure
- 围腰[word]girdle
- 围剿[word]encircle and suppress
- 围兜[word]apron
- 围拢[word]crowd around
- 围聚[word]gather round
- 围追堵截[idiom]encirclement, pursuit, obstruction, and interception
- 围城打援[idiom]lay siege to/besiege a city to annihilate the enemy relief force
- 围魏救赵[idiom]besiege Wei to rescue Zhao