Chinese symbol for “orbital”
轨道
guǐ dào
Traditional: 軌道
track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life; desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for orbital is 轨道 (guǐ dào), defined as: 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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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “orbital”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轨道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轨迹 (軌跡) | guǐ jì | locus; orbit |
| 出轨 (出軌) | chū guǐ | to be derailed; to go off the rails; (fig.) to overstep the bounds |
| 接轨 (接軌) | jiē guǐ | railtrack connection; to integrate into sth |
| 轨道交通 (軌道交通) | guǐ dào jiāo tōng | metro; rapid transit |
| 铁轨 (鐵軌) | tiě guǐ | rail; railroad track |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
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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