Character data

RADICAL ⾔ (149.8)

STROKES 15

SIMPLIFIED 调

調 diào tiáo

to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate

調 diào	1. to transfer 2. to move (troops or cadres) 3. to investigate 4. to enquire into 5. tone 6. tune 7. melody 8. key (in music) 9. mode (music) 10. accent 11. view 12. argument
調 tiáo	1. to adjust 2. to regulate 3. to season (food) 4. to suit well 5. to blend 6. to harmonize 7. to reconcile 8. to provoke 9. to incite

Word	Meaning
浮力調整裝置 fú lì tiáo zhěng zhuāng zhì	BCD; Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
濫調 làn diào	platitude; hackneyed talk
烹調 pēng tiáo	to cook; cooking
烹調術 pēng tiáo shù	cookery
特調 tè tiáo	special blend; house blend
琴瑟不調 qín sè bù tiáo	marital discord; out of harmony
異國情調 yì guó qíng diào	exotic; exoticism; local color
盡職調查 jìn zhí diào chá	due diligence (law)
睡眠失調 shuì mián shī tiáo	sleep disorder
移調 yí diào	to transpose (music)
空氣調節 kōng qì tiáo jié	air conditioning
空調 kōng tiáo	air conditioning
空調車 kōng tiáo chē	air conditioned vehicle
筆調 bǐ diào	(of writing) tone; style
細調 xì diào	to fine tune
美國地質調查局 měi guó dì zhì diào chá jú	United States Geological Survey (USGS)
老調重彈 lǎo diào chóng tán	to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
聯調聯試 lián tiáo lián shì	testing (of a whole system); debugging and commissioning
聯邦調查局 lián bāng diào chá jú	Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
聲調 shēng diào	tone; a tone (on a Chinese syllable); note
聲調語言 shēng diào yǔ yán	tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
聲調輪廓 shēng diào lún kuò	tone contour
腔調 qiāng diào	accent
舊調子 jiù diào zi	old tune; fig. conservative opinion; the same old stuff
舊調重彈 jiù diào chóng tán	repeat the same old line; be unoriginal

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