轨道 guǐdào▶ pista, rastro

Stroke order

轨道 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 轨 — 6 strokes
• 道 — 12 strokes

Senses

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

Related words

• 人道Humanidad
• 公道justo, imparcial; feria
• 渠道canal
• 赤道ecuador
• 隧道Túnel
• 霸道autoritario

轨道 is pronounced guǐdào and means “pista, rastro”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 轨道 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.