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

調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize
調用 diào yòng to transfer (for a specific purpose); to allocate; (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
調發 diào fā to requisition; to dispatch
調皮 tiáo pí naughty; mischievous; unruly
調皮搗蛋 tiáo pí dǎo dàn naughty; mischievous; to act up
調相 tiáo xiàng phase modulation
調研 diào yán to investigate and research; research; investigation
調研人員 tiáo yán rén yuán research workers; survey and research workers
調笑 tiáo xiào to tease; to poke fun at
調節 tiáo jié to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)
調節器 tiáo jié qì regulator
調羹 tiáo gēng spoon
調職 diào zhí to be transferred to another post; to post away
調色 tiáo sè to blend colors; to mix colors
調色板 tiáo sè bǎn palette
調藥刀 tiáo yào dāo spatula
調虎離山 diào hǔ lí shān to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom); to lure an enemy away from his territory
調號 diào hào tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à); (music) key signature
調製 tiáo zhì to modulate; modulation; to concoct by mixing ingredients; to prepare according to a recipe; to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
調解 tiáo jiě to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement
調訓 tiáo xùn to train; to care for and educate
調試 tiáo shì to debug; to adjust components during testing; debugging
調諧 tiáo xié harmonious; to adjust; to tune (e.g. wireless receiver); to bring into harmony
調謔 tiáo xuè to make fun of; to mock
調變 tiáo biàn modulation; to modulate (electronics)