HSK 6 · Transport

轨道 guǐdào “orbit” in Chinese

Traditional 軌道

What 轨道 means

  1. orbit
  2. track
  3. trajectory
  4. track (for trains etc)
  5. orbit (of a satellite)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (fig.) a person’s established path in life
  • desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavour)
  • (audio engineering) track
  • (quantum mechanics) orbital

How to say 轨道

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale轨guǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale道dào4th tone, falling

轨道 in a sentence

  1. 你在正确的轨道上。

    Nǐ zài zhèngquè de guǐdào shàng.

    You’re on the right track.

    Sentence #838578 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我的生意终于上了轨道。

    Wǒ de shēngyi zhōngyú shàng le guǐdào.

    My business is finally on track.

    Sentence #772355 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 特快火车正驶进轨道。

    Tèkuài huǒchē zhèng shǐ jìn guǐdào.

    The express train is pulling onto the track.

    Sentence #3625653 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 轨道 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 轨 (guǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
轨guǐrail; track; course; path
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 九nine · jiǔSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 九 (jiǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with guǐ.

The character 道 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
道dàoroad; path 条,股)
  • 首head · shǒuSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 首 (shǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 with your head 首 leading the way: a road, a way.

How to write 轨道

轨 6 strokes · 道 12 strokes

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轨道 (guǐdào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 轨道 (guǐdào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 轨道

Words with 道

知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)街道jiēdào · street道dào · (m.w. for orders味道wèidao · flavour道歉dàoqiàn · to apologise难道nándào · don’t tell me …报道bàodào · to report (news)地道dìdao · authentic道德dàodé · virtue频道píndào · frequency

More words: Everyday Things

抵达dǐdá · to arrive动身dòngshēn · to set out港口gǎngkǒu · port观光guānguāng · to go sightseeing航空hángkōng · aviation航行hángxíng · to sail桨jiǎng · oar舰艇jiàntǐng · naval vessel

FAQs

轨道 (guǐdào) means “orbit” or “track”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guǐdào: guǐ with a 3rd tone, then dào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 轨道 is written 軌道. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guidao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 轨道 from the suggestions. Typing guidao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
轨道 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.