岔调 chà diào

(music) to go off-key; hoarse; (of a voice) husky

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (music) to go off-key
  2. 2. hoarse
  3. 3. (of a voice) husky
  4. 4. affected

Characters

Character Meaning
岔 chà HSK 6
fork in road; branch in road, river, mountain range etc
调 diào HSK 3
to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate