Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

course; path; track; rail

Chinese: 轨道,也指规则、轨迹。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “gui” becomes a different word in each tone. 轨 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 轨道guǐ dàotrack (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life; desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor)
  • 轨迹guǐ jìlocus; orbit; trajectory; track
  • 接轨jiē guǐrailtrack connection; to integrate into sth; to dock; to connect
  • 不轨bù guǐerrant
  • 有轨yǒu guǐtracked (tramcar)

Example Sentence

火车沿着铁轨平稳地行驶。Huǒ chē yán zhe tiě guǐ píng wěn de xíng shǐ.The train runs smoothly along the rails.

火车Huǒ chētrain沿着yán zheto go along铁轨tiě guǐrail平稳píng wěnsmoothde(adverb marker)xíng(bound form) to walkshǐ(of a vehicle) to run