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輕軌

简轻轨 · 繁輕軌

Mandarin · pinyin qīng guǐ

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: Look up this written character
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

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

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