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Decomp. 讠冂土口
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Prononciation
Mandarin diào; tiáo
Entry Methods
Pinyin diao4; tiao2
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Sijiao 377.2
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Results for 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
 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite
Results beginning with 调
 diào chá investigation / inquiry / to investigate / to survey / survey / (opinion) poll / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
 tiáo zhěng to adjust / adjustment / revision / CL:個|个[ge4]
 tiáo jié to adjust / to regulate / to harmonize / to reconcile (accountancy etc)
 diào yán to investigate and research / research / investigation
 diào yòng to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
 diào dòng to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play
 tiáo kòng to regulate / to control
 tiáo shì to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
 diào dù to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler
 tiáo jiě to mediate / to bring parties to an agreement
 tiáo zhì to concoct by mixing ingredients / to prepare according to a recipe / to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
 tiáo pí naughty / mischievous / unruly
 tiáo jì to adjust / to balance / to make up a medical prescription
 tiáo kǎn to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize
 diào pèi to allocate / to deploy
 tiáo pèi to blend (colors, herbs) / to mix
 tiáo liào condiment / seasoning / flavoring
 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate
 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities
 tiáo qíng to flirt
  outward redeployment
 tiáo jià to raise or lower the price / price adjustment
 tiáo pín frequency modulation / FM
 tiáo wèi seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
 diào huàn to exchange / to change places / to swap
 tiáo jiào to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
 tiáo sù to adjust the speed
 diào rù to bring in / to call in / to transfer (a person, data) / (computing) to call / to load (a subroutine etc)
 tiáo yǎng to take care of (sb's health) / to nurse
 diào bō to send (products) / to allocate / to commit (funds) / to channel (goods)
 tiáo bō to sow discord
 diào jí to summon / to muster / to assemble
 diào zi tune / melody / tuning / cadence / intonation / (speech) tone
 tiáo shì to adapt (to an environment etc) / to make sth suitable / adaptation / adjustment / adaptive
 tiáo xiào to tease / to poke fun at
 diào rèn to transfer / to move to another post
 diào tou tone (of voice) / tune
 diào tóu variant of 掉頭|掉头[diao4 tou2]
 diào shì (musical) mode
 tiáo yún to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly
 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn
 tiáo jiǔ to mix drinks / cocktail
 tiáo sè to blend colors / to mix colors
 diào qiǎn to dispatch / to assign / a dispatch
 tiáo tíng to reconcile / to mediate / to bring warring parties to agreement / to arbitrate
 diào shēng to promote
 tiáo shēng to adjust upward / to upgrade / (price) hike
 diào pài to send on assignment / to deploy (troops)
 tiáo jiāo to focus
 diào yuè to access (a document) / to consult
 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument)
 diào zhí to be transferred to another post / to post away
 diào qǔ to obtain (information from an archive etc)
 tiáo xié harmonious / to adjust / to tune (e.g. wireless receiver) / to bring into harmony
 tiáo gēng spoon
 diào dàng to transfer a dossier / to consult a dossier
 diào fú amplitude modulation
 tiáo fú amplitude modulation (AM) / size of an adjustment
 tiáo zī wage adjustment / to raise or lower wages
 tiáo nòng to tease / to make fun of / to provoke / to stir up (trouble)
 diào fáng to relieve a garrison
  inward redeployment
 diào bāo see 掉包[diao4 bao1]
 diào biàn to modulate
 diào fā to requisition / to dispatch
 diào fù to dispatch (troops to the front)
 diào gàn to reassign a cadre / to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
 diào hào tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā / á / ǎ / à) / (music) key signature
 diào lu:4 to tune (e.g. piano)
 diào mén melody / pitch or key (music) / tone / style / point of view
 diào qiān to transfer / to move / to shift
 diào zhí pitch of tones
 tiáo biàn modulation / to modulate (electronics)
 tiáo dǎng gear shift
 tiáo jiàng (Tw) to lower (prices, interest rates etc) / to reduce / to cut
 tiáo lu:4 to tune (e.g. piano)
 tiáo mén valve
 tiáo shè to nurse to health / to recuperate
 tiáo suō to provoke / to stir up (trouble) / to instigate
 tiáo xiàng phase modulation
 tiáo xié to harmonize / to match
 tiáo xiū to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday / to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday
 tiáo xuè to make fun of / to mock
 tiáo xùn to train / to care for and educate
 tiáo xùn to look after and train (animals)
 tiáo zhǔn to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
 tiáo zuǐ to hold forth / to quibble
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 tiáo wèi pǐn seasoning / flavoring
 diào chá biǎo questionnaire / inventory list / CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]
 tiáo wèi liào seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
 tiáo jié qì regulator
 diào chá yuán investigator
 tiáo jiǔ shī bartender
  Conciliating Officer
 diào dù yuán dispatcher
 tiáo wèi zhī dressing / sauce
 tiáo wèi jì flavoring agent
 tiáo jiě rén honest broker
 Diào bīng shān Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling / Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning
  movement control unit / MovCon Unit
  Investigations Division
线  phase line
  Investigations Team / Investigative Team
  Investigation Unit
  adjust tank
  Movement Control Section
  Investigation Branch
  Investigations Section
  movement control officer / MovCon officer
  movement control battalion
  demodulator
 diào chá tuán investigating team
 diào chá zhě investigator
 diào chē chǎng (railroad) classification yard / marshalling yard / shunting yard
 diào gàn shēng worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
 diào mén r erhua variant of 調門|调门[diao4 men2]
 tiáo guāng qì dimmer
 tiáo jiǔ qì (cocktail) shaker
 tiáo sè bǎn palette
 tiáo tíng rén peacemaker
 tiáo tíng zhě mediator / intermediary / go-between
 tiáo yào dāo spatula
 tiáo zhì bō modulated wave (elec.)
 diào chá bào gào memoir / investigation report
 diào chá jié guǒ results (of an investigation, poll)
 diào chá yán jiū survey research
 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to move an army and send a general (idiom) / to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
 diào hǔ lí shān to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory
 tiáo sān wō sì to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
 tiáo zuǐ xué shé to incite trouble between people (idiom)
  Movement Control Assistant
  Director for Mediation
  movement control cell / MovConC
  adjustment time
  regulating services
  investigative monitoring
  adjustment technology
  investigative detention
  Mediation Strategy
  interposition mission / interposition operation
  movement order
  movement control officer / MovCon officer
  movement control centre
  investigating judge
  Chief Movement Control Officer
  right-size
  survey data
  investigation techniques
  Director of Investigations
Approximate Results for 调
 qiáng diào to emphasize (a statement) / to stress
 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2]
 xié tiáo to coordinate / to harmonize / to fit together / to match (colors etc) / harmonious / concerted
 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
 xià tiáo to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
 shàng tiáo to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
 sè diào hue / tone
 dān diào monotonous
 qíng diào sentiment / tone and mood / taste
 kě tiáo adjustable
 yǔ diào intonation / tone of voice / CL:個|个[ge4]
 huí diào callback (computing)
 shī diào out of tune (music)
 shī tiáo imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character
 pēng tiáo to cook / cooking
 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
 chōu diào to transfer (personnel or material)
 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
 shēng diào tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music)
 qǔ diào tune / melody
 wēi tiáo fine tuning / trimming
 lán diào blues (music)
 lùn diào argument / view (sometimes derogatory)
 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement
 mín diào opinion poll
 dà diào major key (in music)
 biàn diào tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
 zhǔ diào main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint
 bǐ diào (of writing) tone / style
 duì diào to swap places / to exchange roles
 jiè diào to temporarily transfer (personnel)
 jiě tiáo demodulation / to demodulate
 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
 zhēng diào to conscript / to second (personnel) / to requisition (supplies etc)
 zǒu diào out of tune / off-key
 zhuǎn diào (music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
 làn diào hackneyed talk / platitude
 qǐng diào to request a transfer
 gōng diào modes of ancient Chinese music
 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
 yí diào to transpose (music)
 bèi diào background check (abbr. for 背景調查|背景调查[bei4 jing3 diao4 cha2]) / to conduct a background check
 bù diào gait / marching order / step / pace
 chá diào to obtain (information) from a database etc
 chà diào (of a voice) husky / hoarse / affected / (music) to go off-key
 chōng tiáo to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
 dā diào to match / in tune / reasonable
 dài diào to have a tone mark
 dì diào geological survey, abbr. for 地質調查|地质调查[di4 zhi4 diao4 cha2]
 dìng diào to set the tone
 fēng diào character (of a person, verse, object etc) / style
 hòu diào (perfumery) base note
 Huī diào Anhui opera
 jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote
 lán diào slander / calumny / to accuse unjustly
 liú diào epidemiological survey (abbr. for 流行病學調查|流行病学调查[liu2 xing2 bing4 xue2 diao4 cha2])
 nuǎn diào warm tone / warm color
 qián diào (perfumery) top note
 shāng diào to negotiate the transfer of personnel
 shí diào regional folk song popular during a certain period of time
 tè tiáo special blend / house blend
 tí diào to supervise (troops) / to appoint (officers) / to select and assign
 tóng diào same tone / in agreement with / homology (invariant of a topological space in math.)
 xì diào to fine tune
 yùn diào rhyme and tone / intonation
 zhōng diào (perfumery) middle note / heart note
 zì diào tone of a character
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 bù xié tiáo uncoordinated / disharmony
 kōng tiáo chē air conditioned vehicle
 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position
 yǒng tàn diào aria
 xié tiáo yuán coordinator
 chàng gāo diào to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
 bù tiáo hé discord
  Coordination Unit
  Coordination Branch
  adjustable stool
 biàn diào jiā capo
 dìng diào zi to set the tone
 jiǎn jǐng diào (Tw) public prosecutors, the police, and the Investigation Bureau (abbr. for 檢察官、警察、調查局|检察官、警察、调查局[jian3 cha2 guan1 , jing3 cha2 , diao4 cha2 ju2])
 jiù diào zi old tune / fig. conservative opinion / the same old stuff
 pēng tiáo shù cookery
 shàng tóng diào cohomology (invariant of a topological space in math.)
 sù tiáo guǎn klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves)
 xié tiáo rén coordinator
 yǒu qiāng diào classy / stylish / upmarket
 hóng guān tiáo kòng macro-control
 jié gòu tiáo zhěng structural adjustment
 jìn xíng diào chá to carry out an investigation
 shì chǎng diào chá market research
 wèn juàn diào chá questionnaire
 chōu yàng diào chá sample survey
 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn favorable weather (idiom) / good weather for crops
 bù diào yī zhì to be united in action
 yóu qiāng huá diào flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily
 chén cí làn diào cliché / commonplace / truism / stereotype
 jiù diào chóng tán replaying the same old tunes (idiom) / conservative, unoriginal and discredited / to keep harping on about the same old stuff
 nán qiāng běi diào a regional accent
 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
 ráo shé tiáo chún blabbing and showing off (idiom) / loud-mouthed trouble maker
 yě diào wú qiāng coarse in speech and manner
  coordinating agency
  engineered adaptation
  Survey of Practice
  coordination segment
  coordinated testing
  related reassignment
  cost adjustments
  cluster coordination
  currency exchange adjustment / exchange adjustment
  Subgroup on Harmonization
  civil-military coordination
  Coordination Centre
  perception survey
  place-to-place survey
  currency adjustment
  inter-area movement / strategic movement
  inter-area movement / strategic movement
  internal area movement / theatre movement / intra-theatre movement
  internal area movement / theatre movement / intra-theatre movement
  fact-finding
  fact-finding
  household survey
  Coordination Officer
  farm survey
  procurement investigation
  isostatic compensation / isostatic adjustment
  benchmark survey
  flux adjustment
  tunable laser
  low-key approach
  matter of emphasis
  air conditioner technician
  Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System / Harmonized System
  geographic reassignment
  seismic survey
  aid coordination
  staggered rotation
  bathymetric tints
线  baseline study / baseline survey
  health survey
  health survey
  assessment survey
  Community Survey
  Integrated Survey
  Coordinating Group
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