调 (調) tiáo

1. tiáo verb to harmonize
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '調' tiáo v 1; Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 1, p. 452)
2. 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')
3. 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')
4. diào noun a stanza; a verse
   Domain: Literature 文学
   
5. tiáo verb to twist threads together
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 1b, p. 452)
6. tiáo verb to tame
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 2, p. 452)
7. tiáo verb to provoke
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '調' tiáo 3a, p. 452)
8. 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)
9. tiáo verb to be equal
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 平均 (Guoyu '調' tiáo v 3)
10. tiáo verb to blend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 混合 (Guoyu '調' tiáo v 4)
11. 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)
12. tiáo adjective normal; regular
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 正常 (Guoyu '調' tiáo adj)
13. diào verb to exchange
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 互換 (Guoyu '調' diào v 3)
14. 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)
15. diào noun tone of voice
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '調' diào n 3)
16. diào noun stress; emphasis
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Emphasis when speaking (Guoyu '調' diào n 4)
17. diào noun idea; opinion
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 意见 (Guoyu '調' diào n 5)
18. diào noun personal style
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '調' diào n 6)
19. 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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• 调查者(調查者) investigator
• 调训(調訓) to train; to care for and educate
• 调度(調度) to dispatch; to schedule ; dispatcher; scheduling ; to managd ; to adjust
• 不协调(不協調) uncoordinated; disharmony
• 调戏(調戲) to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities
• 唱高调(唱高調) to sing the high part; to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
• 微调(微調) fine tuning; trimming
• 调回(調回) to recall
• 音调(音調) tone; note
• 招聘协调人(招聘協調人) recruiting coordinator
• 特调(特調) special blend; house blend
• 步调一致(步調一致) to be united in action
• 调弄(調弄) to tease; to make fun of; to provoke; to stir up (trouble)
• 调味汁(調味汁) dressing; sauce
• 走调(走調) out of tune; off-key
• 思觉失调(思覺失調) psychosis
• 调门儿(調門兒) a valve
• 失调电压(失調電壓) offset voltage
• 色调(色調) hue
• 调和分析(調和分析) harmonic analysis
• 调降(調降) to lower (prices, interest rates etc); to reduce; to cut
• 呼吸调节器(呼吸調節器) regulator (diving)
• 世界协调时间(世界協調時間) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
• 调频(調頻) frequency modulation; FM
• 调侃(調侃) to ridicule; to tease; to mock; idle talk; chitchat
• 调味品(調味品) seasoning; flavoring
• 调动(調動) to transfer ; to maneuver
• 调整(調整) to adjust
• 人口调查(人口調查) census
• 野调无腔(野調無腔) coarse in speech and manner
• 调情(調情) to flirt
• 调摄(調攝) to nurse to health; to recuperate
• 调干(調幹) to reassign a cadre; to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
• 烹调术(烹調術) cookery
• 民意调查(民意調查) opinion poll
• 声调轮廓(聲調輪廓) tone contour
• 风调雨顺(風調雨順) a harmonious wind and favorable rain; favorable weather
• 解调(解調) demodulation; to demodulate
• 下调(下調) to demote; to pass down to a lower unit ; to adjust downwards; to lower price
• 调息法(調息法) Pranayama
• 调谐(調諧) harmonious; to adjust; to tune (e.g. wireless receiver); to bring into harmony
• 协调人(協調人) coordinator
• 调查表(調查表) a questionnaire; a survey
• 暖调(暖調) warm tone; warm color
• 调谑(調謔) to make fun of; to mock
• 强调(強調) to emphasize
• 调三窝四(調三窩四) to sow the seeds of discord everywhere
• 调节(調節) to adjust; to regulate
• 旧调重弹(舊調重彈) replaying the same old tunes; conservative, unoriginal and discredited

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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
• 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
• 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
• 调齐 (調齊) 以調齊之 — Xunzi 荀子, 富國篇第十 Chapter 10: Enriching the State — 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
• 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
• 善调 (善調) 故師曠之欲善調鍾也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九　脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 2
• 调五音 (調五音) 故能調五音者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 2