輕軌

简 轻轨 · 繁 輕軌
Mandarin · pinyin qīng guǐ

Meanings

  1. light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通 qīng xíng guǐ dào jiāo tōng)
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輕
qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle
軌
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轻
qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle
轨
guǐ · track, rut, path
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1–3 · qing1 gui3

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hing1 gwai2

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noun

  1. (transport) light rail
  2. (transport) light rail — (Macau) short for 澳門輕軌/澳门轻轨 (Àomén qīngguǐ, “Macau Light Rapid Transit”); MLRT; LRT
  3. (transport, colloquial, informal) overground rapid transit

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輕軌 · qing1 gui3
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Exact source record輕軌 轻轨 [qing1 gui3] /light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1 xing2 gui3 dao4 jiao1 tong1])/