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)

Contained in

• 调理(調理) to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of ; to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of ; to teach; to train ; to mediate; to reconcile ; to cook
• 上同调(上同調) cohomology
• 调训(調訓) to train; to care for and educate
• 单调乏味(單調乏味) monotonous; dull; tedious
• 调干(調幹) to reassign a cadre; to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
• 调制波(調制波) modulated wave (elec.)
• 调谐(調諧) harmonious; to adjust; to tune (e.g. wireless receiver); to bring into harmony
• 唱高调(唱高調) to sing the high part; to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
• 心率调整器(心率調整器) pacemaker
• 步调(步調) gait; marching order; step; pace
• 调速(調速) to adjust the speed
• 招聘协调人(招聘協調人) recruiting coordinator
• 调律(調律) to tune (e.g. piano)
• 睡眠失调(睡眠失調) sleep disorder
• 民意调查(民意調查) opinion poll
• 蒸发空调(蒸發空調) evaporative air conditioner; evaporative cooler
• 冲调(沖調) to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
• 调节(調節) to adjust; to regulate
• 异国情调(異國情調) exoticism; local color; exotic
• 调配(調配) to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
• 降调(降調) to demote and transfer ; falling tone
• 调三窝四(調三窩四) to sow the seeds of discord everywhere
• 调入(調入) to bring in; to call in; to transfer (a person, data); (computing) to call; to load (a subroutine etc)
• 音调(音調) tone; note
• 失调(失調) imbalance ; out of tune
• 手眼协调(手眼協調) hand-eye coordination
• 出口调查(出口調查) exit poll
• 宫调(宮調) modes of music
• 空气调节机(空氣調節機) air conditioner
• 老调重弹(老調重彈) to play the same old tune; unoriginal
• 认知失调(認知失調) cognitive dissonance
• 烹调(烹調) cooking ; to cook
• 低调(低調) humility; subdued; low-key; low-profile ; a low pitch; quiet
• 调协(調協) to harmonize; to match
• 步调一致(步調一致) to be united in action
• 调药刀(調藥刀) spatula
• 南腔北调(南腔北調) a regional accent
• 民调(民調) an opinion poll
• 才调(才調) talent
• 唱高调儿(唱高調兒) to sing the high part
• 本底调查(本底調查) background investigation
• 调唆(調唆) to provoke; to stir up (trouble); to instigate
• 调兵遣将(調兵遣將) to move an army and send a general; to deploy an army; to send a team on a task
• 查调(查調) to obtain (information) from a database etc
• 调和(調和) to mediate; to reconcile ; to compromise; to make concessions ; harmonious ; a harmonic
• 移调(移調) to transpose
• 调教(調教) to instruct; to teach; to train; to raise

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调制解调器 、 连接变调 、 调色板 、 薛调

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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
• 调齐 (調齊) 以調齊之 — Xunzi 荀子, 富國篇第十 Chapter 10: Enriching the State — 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
• 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
• 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
• 阴阳调 (陰陽調) 陰陽調 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — 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