Around in Chinese
around · HSK 4
周围
- 周 week
- 围 to surround
学校周围有很多小饭店。 There are many small restaurants around the school.
Other ways to say around
More words with 周 or 围
How do you say around in Chinese?
Around in Chinese is 周围 (zhōu wéi). You can also say 一带 (yī dài), 周 (zhōu), 前后 (qián hòu), 围 (wéi).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.