围 (wéi): meaning and stroke order

围 in our stories

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• 没想到，这个城里来的老师投篮竟然比他们都准，孩子们一下子围了过来。

  méi xiǎngdào zhè gè chéngli lái de lǎoshī tóulán jìngrán bǐ tāmen dōu zhǔn háizimen yíxiàzi wéi le guòlai

  To their surprise, this teacher from the city was a better shot than all of them, and the children instantly crowded round.

  From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5

• 李靖以为是妖怪，拔剑一砍，肉球裂开，从里面跳出一个白白胖胖的男孩，手上套着一只金圈，身上围着一条红绫。

  Lǐ Jìng yǐwéi shì yāoguài bá jiàn yì kǎn ròuqiú liè kāi cóng lǐmiàn tiào chū yí gè báibáipàngpàng de nánhái shǒu shàng tào zhe yì zhī jīn quān shēn shàng wéi zhe yì tiáo hóng líng

  Thinking it was a demon, Li Jing drew his sword and struck; the ball split open and out jumped a plump, fair boy with a gold ring on his wrist and a red silk sash around his body.

  From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 没想到，秦军早已在后面切断了赵军的粮道，四十多万赵军被团团围住。

  méi xiǎngdào Qín jūn zǎoyǐ zài hòumiàn qiēduàn le Zhào jūn de liángdào sìshí duō wàn Zhào jūn bèi tuántuán wéi zhù

  He never expected that the Qin had already cut the Zhao supply lines behind him, and more than four hundred thousand Zhao troops were completely surrounded.

  From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8