根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn 根据 根據 gēn jù according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn 道理 dào li reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 按照 àn zhào according to / in accordance with / in the light of / on the basis of syn 追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down 基础 基礎 jī chǔ base / foundation / basis / basic / fundamental syn 双胞胎 雙胞胎 shuāng bāo tāi twin / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 基于 基於 jī yú because of / on the basis of / in view of / on account of 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 行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts / (lose) track (of) syn 依据 依據 yī jù according to / basis / foundation syn 瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about 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 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 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 孪生 孿生 luán shēng (adj.) twin syn 田径 田徑 tián jìng track and field (athletics) 评选 評選 píng xuǎn to select on the basis of a vote or consensus 基石 jī shí foundation stone / cornerstone / (fig.) basis / foundation syn 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 铁道 鐵道 tiě dào railway line / rail track 子虚乌有 子虛烏有 zǐ xū wū yǒu (idiom) to have no basis in fact / to be the product of sb's imagination syn 出发点 出發點 chū fā diǎn starting point / (fig.) basis / motive syn 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 关系网 關係網 guān xi wǎng network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" 越轨 越軌 yuè guǐ to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety 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 双生 雙生 shuāng shēng twin (attributive) / twins 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 车辙 車轍 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track syn 熟路 shú lù familiar road / beaten track 基点 基點 jī diǎn base / centre / basis / point of departure / starting point / (finance) basis point syn 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 基本点 基本點 jī běn diǎn key point / crux / (finance) basis point, abbr. to 基點|基点[ji1dian3] syn 政绩 政績 zhèng jì (political) achievements / track record 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 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 任人唯贤 任人唯賢 rèn rén wéi xián to appoint people according to their merits (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity 主打 zhǔ dǎ principal / main / flagship (product) / title (track) / to specialize in / to take as one's priority / to primarily focus on 核定 hé dìng to audit and determine / to check and ratify / to appraise and decide / determination / on a deemed basis (taxation) / to deem syn 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 转轨 轉軌 zhuǎn guǐ to change track 逐月 zhú yuè month-by-month / monthly / on a monthly basis syn 法律基础 法律基礎 legal basis 乱写 亂寫 luàn xiě to write without basis 终身制 終身制 career track 试种 試種 shì zhòng test planting / crop grown on a trial basis 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 结对子 結對子 jié duì zǐ to form pairs / to twin 借读 借讀 jiè dú to attend school on a temporary basis 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) 凭 憑 píng to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof 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 径赛 徑賽 jìng sài track events (athletics competition) 并蒂莲 並蒂蓮 bìng dì lián lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple 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 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 田径运动 田徑運動 tián jìng yùn dòng track and field sports 死心眼儿 死心眼兒 sǐ xīn yǎn r stubborn / obstinate / having a one-track mind syn 任贤使能 任賢使能 rèn xián shǐ néng to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity 羌无故实 羌無故實 qiāng wú gù shí to have no basis in fact (idiom) 追根求源 zhuī gēn qiú yuán to track sth to its roots 试读 試讀 shì dú to read a sample chapter of a book / to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis / to attend classes on a trial basis 场地自行车 場地自行車 chǎng dì zì xíng chē track bike / track cycling 测量线 測量線 cè liàng xiàn survey track / survey line / track line 8字航迹 8字航跡 8zi4 háng jì figure 8 track / figure eight track 当地货币轨道养恤金数额 local currency track pension amount / local currency track amount 船迹 船跡 chuán jì ship track / vessel track 船迹图 船跡圖 chuán jì tú ship track / vessel track 航迹图 航跡圖 vessel track plot / track plot 全民教育快车道倡议 全民教育快車道倡議 Education for All Fast Track Initiative / EFA Fast Track Initiative 双生兄弟 雙生兄弟 shuāng shēng xiōng dì twin brothers 双龙会 雙龍會 shuāng lóng huì Twin 双塔式大厦 雙塔式大廈 shuāng tǎ shì dà shà Twin 世贸中心大楼 世貿中心大樓 shì mào zhōng xīn dà lóu World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists) 