轨道交通

轨

軌

guǐ

道

dào

交

jia̅o

通

to̅ng

metro / rapid transit / subway

Characters and words in 轨道交通

轨

軌

guǐ = gu + ei3

course / path / track / rail

轨 = 车 + 九 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is riding a roller coaster inside of the Eiffel Tower (ei3). The roller coaster has a red cabriolet (车) follow a figure-nine (九) track (轨). Additionally, the red cabriolet does not emit normal smoke but cloud nines (九).

轨

軌

guǐ

道

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

道

dào = d + ao4

road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

道 = 辶 + 首 : The chief and Don Quixote decided to follow the path of the Dao in the aorta's bathroom. They wear gladiator sandals and meditate sitting on the floor of the bathroom, envisioning the path to enlightment.

交

jia̅o = ji + ao1

to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]

交 = 亠 + 父 : Linus Pauling, a famous scientist with a beret. Father Time commands Linus Pauling to hand over his beret to him in front of the aorta, but Joan of Arc comes to his rescue.

交

jia̅o

通

to̅ng

to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison

通

to̅ng = tu + (e)ng1

to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

通 = 甬 + 辶 : In front of the engine a pile of yongzhong bells were blocking the way. Tommy Turtle attended to the matter and cleared the way. He lined the bells up to two lines, put on his gladiator sandals and now marches right through this path screened by walls on two sides like a roman general.

通

tòng = tu + (e)ng4

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)