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Chinese symbol for “metro”

轨道交通
guǐ dào jiāo tōng
Traditional: 軌道交通
metro; rapid transit; subway

The closest CC-CEDICT match for metro is 轨道交通 (guǐ dào jiāo tōng), defined as: metro; rapid transit; subway.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

轨 guǐ
track, rut, path
radical 159 ⾞ · 6 strokes
道 dào
method, way; path, road
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes
交 jiāo
to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes
通 tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “metro”

WordPinyinMeaning
地下铁 (地下鐵)dì xià tiěsubway; metro; underground
轻型轨道交通 (輕型軌道交通)qīng xíng guǐ dào jiāo tōnglight rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 轨道交通.

WordPinyinMeaning
轨道 (軌道)guǐ dàotrack (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite)
轨迹 (軌跡)guǐ jìlocus; orbit
出轨 (出軌)chū guǐto be derailed; to go off the rails; (fig.) to overstep the bounds
接轨 (接軌)jiē guǐrailtrack connection; to integrate into sth
铁轨 (鐵軌)tiě guǐrail; railroad track
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
难道 (難道)nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)

See also: Japanese symbol for “metro”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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