周围

Meaning(locality)

environs; surroundings; periphery

Examples

• 学校周围有很多小吃店。

  xué xiào zhōu wéi yǒu hěn duō xiǎo chī diàn.

  There are lots of snack shops around the school.

• 他看了看周围，没有人。

  tā kàn le kàn zhōu wéi, méi yǒu rén.

  He looked around—there was nobody.

• 我周围的朋友都在学中文。

  wǒ zhōu wéi de péng you dōu zài xué zhōng wén.

  All the friends around me are learning Chinese.

Easily confused

• 周长 — Though read chu vi, 周围 means 'surroundings'; geometric perimeter (Vietnamese chu vi) is 周长.

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