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

浮力調整裝置 fú lì tiáo zhěng zhuāng zhì BCD; Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
調 làn diào hackneyed talk; platitude
調 pēng tiáo to cook; cooking
調術 pēng tiáo shù cookery
調 tè tiáo special blend; house blend
琴瑟不調 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune; marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
異國情調 yì guó qíng diào exoticism; local color; exotic
盡職調查 jìn zhí diào chá due diligence (law)
睡眠失調 shuì mián shī tiáo sleep disorder
調 yí diào to transpose (music)
空氣調節 kōng qì tiáo jié air conditioning
調 kōng tiáo air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode); CL:臺|台[tai2]
調車 kōng tiáo chē air conditioned vehicle
調 bǐ diào (of writing) tone; style
調 xì diào to fine tune
美國地質調查局 měi guó dì zhì diào chá jú United States Geological Survey (USGS)
調重彈 lǎo diào chóng tán to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
調聯試 lián tiáo lián shì debugging and commissioning; testing (of a whole system)
聯邦調查局 lián bāng diào chá jú Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
調 shēng diào tone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable); CL:個|个[ge4]
調語言 shēng diào yǔ yán tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
調輪廓 shēng diào lún kuò tone contour
調 qiāng diào accent
調子 jiù diào zi old tune; fig. conservative opinion; the same old stuff
調重彈 jiù diào chóng tán replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited; to keep harping on about the same old stuff