Pinyin: wéi

to surround

Example sentence

孩子们围着老师听故事。

Háizimen wéi zhe lǎoshī tīng gùshì.

The children gather around the teacher for a story.

What 围 means

(wéi) is a Chinese word meaning “to surround”. It belongs to the Daily Actions topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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