调 (調) tiáo
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tiáo
verb
to harmonize
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '調' tiáo v 1; Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 1, p. 452) -
diào
verb
to transfer; to change job
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '調' diào v 1; Kroll 2015 '調' diào 1, p. 452; Unihan '調') -
diào
noun
tune; tone
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: In the sense of 乐律 or 韻律 (Guoyu '調' diào n 1; Kroll 2015 '調' diào 2, p. 453; Unihan '調') -
diào
noun
a stanza; a verse
Domain: Literature 文学
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tiáo
verb
to twist threads together
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 1b, p. 452) -
tiáo
verb
to tame
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 2, p. 452) -
tiáo
verb
to provoke
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 3a, p. 452) -
tiáo
verb
to reconcile
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 和解 (Guoyu '調' tiáo v 2; Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 1a, p. 452) -
tiáo
verb
to be equal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 平均 (Guoyu '調' tiáo v 3) -
tiáo
verb
to blend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 混合 (Guoyu '調' tiáo v 4) -
tiáo
verb
to jeer; to mock; to ridicule
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 嘲笑 (Guoyu '調' tiáo v 5; Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 3, p. 452) -
tiáo
adjective
normal; regular
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 正常 (Guoyu '調' tiáo adj) -
diào
verb
to exchange
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 互換 (Guoyu '調' diào v 3) -
diào
verb
to arrange; to plan; to set up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 安排 (Guoyu '調' diào v 2; Kroll 2015 '調' diào 3, p. 453) -
diào
noun
tone of voice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '調' diào n 3) -
diào
noun
stress; emphasis
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Emphasis when speaking (Guoyu '調' diào n 4) -
diào
noun
idea; opinion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 意见 (Guoyu '調' diào n 5) -
diào
noun
personal style
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '調' diào n 6) -
diào
noun
household tax
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 戶稅 (Guoyu '調' diào n 7)
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- 调配(調配) to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
- 宫调(宮調) modes of music
- 滥调(濫調) hackneyed talk; platitude
- 降调(降調) to demote and transfer ; falling tone
- 调试(調試) to test
- 调合(調合) to mix; to blend
- 调用(調用) to transfer (for a specific purpose); to allocate; (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
- 浮力调整装置(浮力調整裝置) BCD / Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
- 调和平均数(調和平均數) harmonic mean
- 调酒师(調酒師) bartender
- 旧调重弹(舊調重彈) replaying the same old tunes; conservative, unoriginal and discredited
- 调谐(調諧) harmonious; to adjust; to tune (e.g. wireless receiver); to bring into harmony
- 调制波(調制波) modulated wave (elec.)
- 调嘴学舌(調嘴學舌) to incite trouble between people
- 舆论调查(輿論調查) opinion poll
- 走调(走調) out of tune; off-key
- 才调(才調) talent
- 句调(句調) the intonation of a sentence
- 思觉失调症(思覺失調症) schizophrenia
- 移调(移調) to transpose
- 油腔滑调(油腔滑調) flippant and insincere; glib
- 调回(調回) to recall
- 征调(徵調) to requisition; to transfer
- 岔调(岔調) (of a voice) husky; hoarse; affected; to go off-key
- 色调(色調) hue
- 调查团(調查團) investigating team
- 调皮捣蛋(調皮搗蛋) naughty; mischievous; to act up
- 调升(調升) to promote ; to adjust upward; to upgrade
- 唱高调儿(唱高調兒) to sing the high part
- 联调联试(聯調聯試) debugging and commissioning; testing (of a whole system)
- 调羹(調羹) spoon
- 调色盘(調色盤) a palette
- 调值(調值) pitch of tones
- 冲调(沖調) to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
- 本底调查(本底調查) background investigation
- 空调车(空調車) air conditioned vehicle
- 电缆调制解调器(電纜調制解調器) cable modem
- 速调管(速調管) klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves)
- 下调(下調) to demote; to pass down to a lower unit ; to adjust downwards; to lower price
- 调节器(調節器) regulator
- 协调人(協調人) coordinator
- 调剂(調劑) to adjust ; to make a prescription
- 调查表(調查表) a questionnaire; a survey
- 调节(調節) to adjust; to regulate
- 洋腔洋调(洋腔洋調) to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory)
- 调息法(調息法) Pranayama
- 协调(協調) to coordinate/ to harmonize
- 野调无腔(野調無腔) coarse in speech and manner
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- 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 117
- 卷九十九 志第四十七: 兵二 Volume 99 Treatises 52: Military 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 45
- 卷一百三十一 志第八十四 樂六 Volume 131 Treatises 84: Music 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
- 卷九十 志第六十六 兵二 Volume 90 Treatises 66: Military 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 42
- 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
- 卷15 志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 31
- 卷109 樂志五 Volume 109 Treatise 5: Music Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 29
- 卷一百四十五 志7: 樂志下 Volume 145: Treatises 7 Music 2 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 29
- 卷14 志第9 音樂中 Volume 14 Treatises 9: Music 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 27
- 卷三百一十 列傳第一百九十八 土司 Volume 310 Biographies 198: Tribal Headmen History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
Collocations
- 调一 (調一) 夫有改調一弦 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六 覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 4
- 能调 (能調) 夫五音不同聲而能調 — Guanzi 管子, 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He — count: 4
- 调阴阳 (調陰陽) 調陰陽 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十 泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 4
- 心调 (心調) 禦心調乎馬 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 3
- 不能调 (不能調) 不能調通民利 — Guanzi 管子, 國蓄第七十三 Chapter 73: State Reserves — count: 3
- 不和调 (不和調) 兄弟不和調 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛中 Book 4 - Universal Love II — count: 3
- 调竽 (調竽) 調竽笙篪簧 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
- 调齐 (調齊) 以調齊之 — Xunzi 荀子, 富國篇第十 Chapter 10: Enriching the State — count: 3
- 调钟 (調鐘) 今萬人調鐘 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 2
- 不可调 (不可調) 然則衡數不可調耶 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 2