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轨道

guǐ dào · gui dao

Traditional 軌道

Meaning

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  1. track (for trains etc)
  2. orbit (of a satellite)
  3. (fig.) a person's established path in life
  4. desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor)
  5. (audio engineering) track
  6. (quantum mechanics) orbital

In a sentence

2 examples
01

由(yóu)于(yú)轨(guǐ)道(dào)是(shì)椭(tuǒ)圆(yuán)形(xíng)的(de)，行(xíng)星(xīng)和(hé)太(tài)阳(yáng)之(zhī)间(jiān)的(de)距(jù)离(lí)不(bú)会(huì)总(zǒng)是(shì)相(xiāng)同(tóng)。

Since the orbits are elliptical, the planets do not always have the same distance from the Sun.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Blair0113 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

到(dào)5号(hào)轨(guǐ)道(dào)乘(chéng)随(suí)便(biàn)什(shén)么(me)火(huǒ)车(chē)。

Take any train on track 5.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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