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轨道

guǐdào

track, orbit

HSK 6 · Topic “Roads and Trips”
A railway track stretching to the horizon with a waiting train
Memory picture

Characters in this word

轨 guǐ

Strokes
6
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
Made of
车 cart, vehicle 九 nine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 轨

道 dào

Strokes
12
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 道

Example phrases

  • 火车沿着轨道慢慢开进车站。 Huǒchē yánzhe guǐdào mànmàn kāi jìn chēzhàn. The train slowly moves along the track into the station.
  • 卫星在固定的轨道上绕着地球飞行。 Wèixīng zài gùdìng de guǐdào shàng rào zhe dìqiú fēixíng. The satellite flies around the Earth in a fixed orbit.
  • 游乐园里，过山车的轨道又高又长。 Yóulèyuán lǐ, guòshānchē de guǐdào yòu gāo yòu cháng. In the amusement park, the roller coaster's track is both high and long.

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