追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn 变化 變化 biàn huà (intransitive) to change / to vary / change / variation (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down 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 行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts / (lose) track (of) syn 零钱 零錢 líng qián change (of money) / small change / pocket money 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 变动 變動 biàn dòng to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation syn 足迹 足跡 zú jì footprint / track / spoor syn 铁轨 鐵軌 tiě guǐ rail / railroad track / CL:根[gen1] syn 搜捕 sōu bǔ to hunt and arrest (fugitives) / to track down and arrest / a manhunt syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 轨迹 軌跡 guǐ jì locus / orbit / trajectory / track 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 田径 田徑 tián jìng track and field (athletics) 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 变样 變樣 biàn yàng to change (appearance) / to change shape syn 变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn 铁道 鐵道 tiě dào railway line / rail track 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 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 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 劣迹 劣跡 liè jì bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record syn 脱轨 脫軌 tuō guǐ to leave the rails / to derail / to jump the track 声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel 剧变 劇變 jù biàn to change dramatically / radical change syn 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 质变 質變 zhì biàn qualitative change / fundamental change syn 换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance syn 车辙 車轍 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track syn 骤变 驟變 zhòu biàn to change suddenly / to change abruptly syn 熟路 shú lù familiar road / beaten track 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 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 变天 變天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval / to undergo sweeping change syn 田径赛 田徑賽 tián jìng sài track and field competition 转向 轉向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction / fig. to change one's stance syn 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) 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn 改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn 终身制 終身制 career track 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 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 路轨 路軌 lù guǐ track (railroad, streetcar etc) 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 径赛 徑賽 jìng sài track events (athletics competition) 改弦易辙 改弦易轍 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune syn 超拔 chāo bá outstanding / to fast-track / to elevate / to free oneself from 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 了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 别 彆 biè to make sb change their ways, opinions etc syn 走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 而 ér and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) syn 更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn 变 變 biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion syn 改变 改變 gǎi biàn to change / to alter / to transform syn 变成 變成 biàn chéng to change into / to turn into / to become syn 转 轉 zhuǎn to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) syn 改 gǎi to change / to alter / to transform / to correct syn 转移 轉移 zhuǎn yí to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize syn 化 huà to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2] syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 转变 轉變 zhuǎn biàn to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 转换 轉換 zhuǎn huàn to change / to switch / to convert / to transform syn 变形 變形 biàn xíng to become deformed / to change shape / to morph 更衣室 gēng yī shì change room / dressing room / locker room / (euphemism) toilet syn 更换 更換 gēng huàn to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc) syn 变性 變性 biàn xìng to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual 改装 改裝 gǎi zhuāng to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert 手动 手動 shǒu dòng manual / manually operated / manual gear-change 转机 轉機 zhuǎn jī (to take) a turn for the better / to change planes syn 变为 變為 biàn wéi to change into syn 翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes syn 换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job 转化 轉化 zhuǎn huà to change / to turn / to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization syn 变革 變革 biàn gé to transform / to change syn 突变 突變 tū biàn sudden change / mutation syn 转学 轉學 zhuǎn xué (of a student) to change schools / to transfer from one school to another 改观 改觀 gǎi guān change of appearance / to revise one's point of view syn 变更 變更 biàn gēng to change / to alter / to modify syn 转手 轉手 zhuǎn shǒu to pass on / to resell / to change hands syn 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn 转入 轉入 zhuǎn rù to change over to / to shift to / to switch to 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 