围绕

圍繞

wéirào

verb HSK 5 #7,672

Meanings

HSK 1

孩子们围绕着老师坐下。

Háizi men wéirào zhe lǎoshī zuòxià.

The children sat in a circle around the teacher.

HSK 3

地球围绕太阳转。

Dìqiú wéirào tàiyáng zhuǎn.

The Earth revolves around the Sun.

HSK 5

这次会议主要围绕教育改革展开讨论。

Zhè cì huìyì zhǔyào wéirào jiàoyù gǎigé zhǎnkāi tǎolùn.

This meeting centered its discussion on education reform.

usage

围绕 can be physical (revolving/encircling) or abstract (centering a discussion on a topic). Very common in both scientific and everyday language.

围 wéi

绕 rào