diào tiáo

transfer, move, change; tune

HSK 3 #400

DEFINITIONS

调 diào
  • to transfer
  • to move (troops or cadres)
  • to investigate
  • to enquire into
  • accent
  • view
  • argument
  • key (in music)
  • mode (music)
  • tune
  • tone
  • melody
调 tiáo
  • to harmonize
  • to reconcile
  • to blend
  • to suit well
  • to adjust
  • to regulate
  • to season (food)
  • to provoke
  • to incite

STROKES

WORDS

zhēng diào to conscript; to second (personnel); to requisition (supplies etc)
shēng diào rising tone (phonetics, e.g. on a question in English)
jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics); to lower the key of a tune; to demote
xià diào to demote; to pass down to a lower unit
xià tiáo to adjust downwards; to lower (prices, wages etc)
拨 diào bō to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods)
拨 tiáo bō to sow discord
养 tiáo yǎng to take care of (sb's health); to nurse
dìng diào to set the tone
wēi tiáo fine tuning; trimming
取 diào qǔ to obtain (information from an archive etc)
焦 tiáo jiāo to focus
阅 diào yuè to access (a document); to consult
入 diào rù to bring in; to call in; to transfer (a person, data); (computing) to call; to load (a subroutine etc)
qǐng diào to request a transfer
唱高 chàng gāo diào to sing the high part; to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
jiě tiáo demodulation; to demodulate
兵遣将 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army; to send a team on a task
匀 tiáo yún to blend (cooking); to mix evenly
幅 tiáo fú amplitude modulation (AM); size of an adjustment
色板 tiáo sè bǎn palette
速 tiáo sù to adjust the speed
雨顺 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn favorable weather (idiom); good weather for crops
shí diào regional folk song popular during a certain period of time
一致 bù diào yī zhì to be united in action