調 diào tiáo

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

Character data

Radical ⾔ (149.8)
Strokes 15
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

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

Words containing 調

Word Meaning
to blend (cooking); to mix evenly
to promote
to adjust upward; to upgrade; (price) hike
to harmonize; to match
to obtain (information from an archive etc)
seasoning; flavoring; condiment
flavoring agent
seasoning; flavoring
seasoning; condiment; flavoring
dressing; sauce
gravy
to reconcile; to mediate; to mix
harmonic analysis (math.)
harmonic mean
harmonic oscillation
to provoke; to stir up (trouble); to instigate
to hold forth; to quibble
to incite trouble between people (idiom)
(speech) tone; intonation; tune
amplitude modulation (AM); size of an adjustment
to reassign a cadre
worker sent to school for cadre training
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage
to tease; to make fun of; to provoke