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軌道
简 轨道 · 繁 軌道Mandarin · pinyin guǐ dào
Meanings
- track (for trains etc)
- orbit (of a satellite)
- (fig.) a person's established path in life
- desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor)
- (audio engineering) track
- (quantum mechanics) orbital
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3–4 · gui3 dao4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwai2 dou6
Cantonese word readings for 軌道. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gwai2 dou6
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun
- railroad track; railway; tram line
- (astronomy) orbit
- (chemistry) orbital
- trajectory
verb
- (archaic and uncommon, figurative) to abide by the laws and regulations; to follow the ways of propriety (literally, "to ride on the [correct, proper] track")
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