人类 人類 rén lèi humanity / human race / mankind syn 追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn 种族 種族 zhǒng zú race / ethnicity syn 追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down 终点 終點 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào 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 syn 竞赛 競賽 jìng sài to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race syn 赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts / (lose) track (of) syn 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 追寻 追尋 zhuī xún to pursue / to track down / to search syn 跑道 pǎo dào athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip) 正轨 正軌 zhèng guǐ the right track syn 赛跑 賽跑 sài pǎo race (running) / to race (running) 足迹 足跡 zú jì footprint / track / spoor syn 铁轨 鐵軌 tiě guǐ rail / railroad track / CL:根[gen1] syn 赛程 賽程 sài chéng competition schedule / the course of a race 搜捕 sōu bǔ to hunt and arrest (fugitives) / to track down and arrest / a manhunt syn 轨迹 軌跡 guǐ jì locus / orbit / trajectory / track syn 人种 人種 rén zhǒng race (of people) syn 蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue syn 赛道 賽道 sài dào race course 田径 田徑 tián jìng track and field (athletics) 起跑 qǐ pǎo to start running / the start of a race syn 铁道 鐵道 tiě dào railway line / rail track 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 顺藤摸瓜 順藤摸瓜 shùn téng mō guā lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues syn 越轨 越軌 yuè guǐ to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety syn 接力赛 接力賽 jiē lì sài relay race / CL:場|场[chang3] 劣迹 劣跡 liè jì bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record syn 赛艇 賽艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 短跑 duǎn pǎo sprint (race) syn 争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn 脱轨 脫軌 tuō guǐ to leave the rails / to derail / to jump the track 族类 族類 zú lèi clan / race 灭种 滅種 miè zhǒng to commit genocide / to become extinct / extinction of a race syn 声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel 拉力赛 拉力賽 lā lì sài rally (car race) (loanword) 跨栏 跨欄 kuà lán hurdles / hurdle race (athletics) 竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event) 侦缉 偵緝 zhēn jī to track down / to investigate and arrest syn 查获 查獲 chá huò to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) syn 车辙 車轍 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track syn 季军 季軍 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist 熟路 shú lù familiar road / beaten track 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 政绩 政績 zhèng jì (political) achievements / track record 履带 履帶 lǚ dài caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc) / (literary) shoes and belt syn 田径赛 田徑賽 tián jìng sài track and field competition 主打 zhǔ dǎ principal / main / flagship (product) / title (track) / to specialize in / to take as one's priority / to primarily focus on 音轨 音軌 yīn guǐ sound track / track number (e.g. on a CD) 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn 领跑 領跑 lǐng pǎo to take the lead in a race / to set the pace 转轨 轉軌 zhuǎn guǐ to change track 马拉松赛 馬拉松賽 mǎ lā sōng sài marathon race 终身制 終身制 career track 环法 環法 huán fǎ Tour de France cycle race / abbr. for 環法自行車賽|环法自行车赛 双轨制 雙軌制 dual-track system 复线 複線 fù xiàn multiple track (e.g. rail) / multilane (e.g. highway) / (math.) complex line 原种 原種 yuán zhǒng land race / native breed 塑胶跑道 塑膠跑道 sù jiāo pǎo dào synthetic athletics track / tartan track 上轨道 上軌道 shàng guǐ dào to stay on track / to proceed smoothly syn 铺轨 鋪軌 pū guǐ to lay railway track 马俊仁 馬俊仁 mǎ jùn rén Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 赛龙舟 賽龍舟 sài lóng zhōu to race dragon boats 路轨 路軌 lù guǐ track (railroad, streetcar etc) 棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn 轨 軌 guǐ (bound form) rail / track / course / path syn 径 徑 jìng footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly syn 辙 轍 zhé rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way / idea syn 黄种 黃種 huáng zhǒng the yellow race / the Mongoloid race 径赛 徑賽 jìng sài track events (athletics competition) 追逐赛 追逐賽 zhuī zhú sài pursuit race / chase 白种 白種 bái zhǒng the white race 计时赛 計時賽 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 超拔 chāo bá outstanding / to fast-track / to elevate / to free oneself from 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 合辙 合轍 hé zhé on the same track / in agreement / rhyming syn 疃 tuǎn village / animal track 蹟 jì variant of 跡|迹, track / trace / footprint 成规 成規 chéng guī established rules / the beaten track syn 人迹罕至 人跡罕至 rén jì hǎn zhì lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) / fig. off the beaten track / lonely / deserted syn 个人赛 個人賽 gè rén sài individual competition / individual race 田径运动 田徑運動 tián jìng yùn dòng track and field sports 头名 頭名 tóu míng first place / leader (of a race) 死心眼儿 死心眼兒 sǐ xīn yǎn r stubborn / obstinate / having a one-track mind syn 接力赛跑 接力賽跑 jiē lì sài pǎo relay race 诛暴讨逆 誅暴討逆 zhū bào tǎo nì to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race) 追根求源 zhuī gēn qiú yuán to track sth to its roots 计时比赛 計時比賽 jì shí bǐ sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 