萦 (yíng): to wind around

Meanings

1 to wind around
2 to coil; to linger (in the mind)

Characters

萦

yíng

to wind around; to linger

Examples

那段旋律久久萦绕在她心头。

Nà duàn xuánlǜ jiǔjiǔ yíngrào zài tā xīntóu.

That melody lingered in her mind for a long time.

云雾萦绕在山腰。

Yúnwù yíngrào zài shānyāo.

Mist curled around the mountainside.

Tips

usage

Common in 萦绕 (to coil around, to linger). Literally it describes mist or vines winding around something; figuratively a thought or memory that won't leave the mind.

Components

radical

糸 mì

silk thread

Bottom 糸 (fine silk), the indexing radical. A thread coiling and winding gives the core image — placing 萦 with 绕 (to wind) and 缠 (to entangle).

phonetic

荧 yíng

glimmer; phonetic

Top portion is a reduced 荧 (glimmer), supplying the sound exactly (yíng = yíng). The same phonetic series anchors 莹 (lustrous) and 萤 (firefly).

Stroke Order

萦 yíng

Related Words

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to linger on; to hover / to encircle; to wind around

魂牵梦萦 húnqiān-mèngyíng #37,321

to miss intensely / to yearn for day and night / to be haunted by longing

缠 chán HSK 7-9 #3,144

to wind around / to wrap / to tangle / to pester

顾 gù HSK 6 #5,745

to look after; to care for / to attend to; to take into account / to look around; to turn around

鬼混 guǐhùn #6,177

to fool around / to mess around / to lead a dissolute life

簇拥 cùyōng HSK 7-9 #39,104

to crowd around / to cluster around / to swarm around

胡闹 húnào HSK 7-9 #7,106

to fool around / to mess around / to act recklessly

闹着玩 nàozhewán #7,839

to fool around; to joke around / to do something just for fun; not seriously

逛逛 guàngguang #7,842

to stroll around; to take a walk / to browse; to have a look around

不要紧 bùyàojǐn HSK 4 #4,987

it doesn't matter / never mind / it's not serious