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 sè diào hue; tone
蒸發空調 zhēng fā kōng tiáo evaporative air conditioner; evaporative cooler
調 lán diào blues (music)
調 jiě tiáo demodulation; to demodulate
詠嘆調 yǒng tàn diào aria
認知失調 rèn zhī shī tiáo cognitive dissonance
調 yǔ diào intonation; CL:個|个[ge4]
調三窩四 tiáo sān wō sì to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
調任 diào rèn to transfer; to move to another post
調休 tiáo xiū to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday; to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday
調侃 tiáo kǎn to ridicule; to tease; to mock; idle talk; chitchat
調值 diào zhí pitch of tones
調停 tiáo tíng to reconcile; to mediate; to bring warring parties to agreement; to arbitrate
調停者 tiáo tíng zhě mediator; intermediary; go-between
調價 tiáo jià to raise or lower the price; price adjustment
調光器 tiáo guāng qì dimmer
調入 diào rù to bring in; to call in; to transfer (a person, data); (computing) to call; to load (a subroutine etc)
調兵山 diào bīng shān Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling; Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning
調兵山市 diào bīng shān shì Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning
調兵遣將 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army; to send a team on a task
調制 tiáo zhì to modulate; modulation; to concoct by mixing ingredients; to prepare according to a recipe; to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
調制波 tiáo zhì bō modulated wave (elec.)
調制解調器 tiáo zhì jiě tiáo qì modem
調劑 tiáo jì to adjust; to balance; to make up a medical prescription
調動 diào dòng to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play