調 diào tiáo

transfer, move, change; tune

DEFINITIONS

調 diào
  • to transfer
  • to move (troops or cadres)
  • to investigate
  • to enquire into
  • accent
  • view
  • argument
  • key (in music)
  • mode (music)
  • tune
  • tone
  • melody
調 tiáo
  • to harmonize
  • to reconcile
  • to blend
  • to suit well
  • to adjust
  • to regulate
  • to season (food)
  • to provoke
  • to incite

WORDS

調 qǐng diào to request a transfer
調 lùn diào argument; view (sometimes derogatory)
調 biàn diào tone sandhi; modified tone; (music) to change key; modulation
調夾 biàn diào jiā capo
調 lán diào slander; calumny; to accuse unjustly
調 zǒu diào out of tune; off-key
調 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
輿論調查 yú lùn diào chá opinion poll
調 zhuǎn diào (music) to change key; modulation; (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
追蹤調查 zhuī zōng diào chá follow-up study; investigative follow-up
調管 sù tiáo guǎn klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves)
連續變調 lián xù biàn diào tone sandhi
調無腔 yě diào wú qiāng coarse in speech and manner
調 jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics); to lower the key of a tune; to demote
陳詞濫調 chén cí làn diào cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype
電纜調制解調器 diàn lǎn tiáo zhì jiě tiáo qì cable modem
調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low); pitch (of a musical note); tone
調 yùn diào rhyme and tone; intonation
頻率調制 pín lǜ tiáo zhì frequency modulation
調 fēng diào character (of a person, verse, object etc); style
調雨順 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn favorable weather (idiom); good weather for crops
饒舌調唇 ráo shé tiáo chún blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
調 gāo diào high-sounding speech; bombast; high-profile
調漲 tiáo zhǎng to adjust and raise (prices); price increase