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调
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Definitions
- 1. to transfer
- 2. to move (troops or cadres)
- 3. to investigate
- 4. to enquire into
- 5. accent
- 6. view
- 7. argument
- 8. key (in music)
- 9. mode (music)
- 10. tune
- 11. tone
- 12. melody
Example Sentences
1 shown我不 调 皮。
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Words Containing 调
(of writing) tone
to exchange
coarse in speech and manner
valve
opinion poll
to transfer (personnel or material)
to have a tone mark
to instruct
to request a transfer
to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life
market research
background investigation
tune
to conduct a background check
to promote to a higher post
to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
strange accent; odd manner of speaking or singing
to adjust
to adapt (to an environment etc)
to focus
to requisition
to modulate; modulation
dimmer
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)
to take care of (sb's health)
to adjust the speed
aria
BCD
regulator (diving)
to summon
tune
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
condiment
seasoning
to take liberties with a woman
harmonic analysis (math.)
to regulate
pitch of tones
mediator
capo
classy
step
high-sounding speech
to investigate
to investigate and research
flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech)
BCD
tone (of voice)
to raise (prices)
harmonic mean
Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling
evaporative air conditioner
callback (computing)
to promote
(perfumery) top note
to adjust
to cook
(railroad) classification yard; marshalling yard; shunting yard
(of a voice) husky
to reconcile
to be transferred to another post
to adjust to the right value
China Geological Survey (CGS)
to do a background check on sb
to swap places
questionnaire
recruiting coordinator
to relieve a garrison
to allocate
to dispatch
to sow discord
to blend (cooking)
spoon
to tune (e.g. piano)
to reassign a cadre
to tune (a musical instrument)
modes of ancient Chinese music
monotonous
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
sleep disorder
to be united in action
frequency modulation
a regional accent
exit poll
to emphasize (a statement)
to raise or lower the price
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom)
major key (in music)
(perfumery) middle note
uncoordinated
to adjust
air conditioned vehicle
investigator
blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
out of tune
vowel harmony (in phonetics)
tone of a character
investigation
flavoring agent
research workers
character (of a person, verse, object etc)
main point of an argument
to transfer a dossier
to fine tune
to transfer (for a specific purpose)
it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
sentiment
air conditioning
cookery
investigating team
amplitude modulation (AM)
fig. conservative opinion
frequency modulation
coordinator
marriage counseling
warm tone
to bring in
modem
callback function (computing)
to adjust downwards
intonation
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre
see 掉包[diào bāo]
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
demodulation
macro-control
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
imbalance
slander
naughty
rhyme and tone
exoticism
regional folk song popular during a certain period of time
to transfer
seasoning
to reassign sb to a different job
gear shift
central air conditioning
harmonious
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
to negotiate the transfer of personnel
to mediate
to obtain (information) from a database etc
to make fun of
to provoke
gravy
to obtain (information from an archive etc)
special blend; house blend
coordinator
regulator
worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
to tease
to adjust upward
monotonous
tone sandhi
opinion poll
pitch of voice (high or low)
fine tuning
Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
naughty
to quibble
a tune
air conditioning
out of tune (music)
to send on assignment
to match
(literary) to nurse to health; to recuperate
harmonic oscillation
debugging and commissioning
harmonious
census
Anhui opera
to flirt
investigator
to coordinate
to demote
to send (products)
palette
cliché
out of tune
phase modulation
RF tuner
to set the tone
spatula
offset voltage
follow-up study
investigator
falling intonation (linguistics)
argument
to express a different view
(music) to change key
to reduce
to transpose (music)
hue
to supervise (troops)
tone contour
modulated wave (elec.)
to debug
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc)
adjustable
(musical) mode
to incite trouble between people (idiom)
to nurse one's health
tone
discord
low pitch
wage adjustment
(perfumery) base note
tone sandhi
tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
to transfer
to access (a document)
to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
to mix drinks
to transfer
to blend colors
hand-eye coordination
results (of an investigation, poll)
modulation
style (of art or literature)
to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday
opinion poll
favorable weather (idiom); good weather for crops
melody
due diligence (law)
psychosis
to sing the high part
to train
(cocktail) shaker
blues (music)
to dispatch (troops to the front)
hackneyed talk
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
to conscript
to ridicule
to harmonize
to set the tone
bartender
seasoning
to tease
cognitive dissonance
to look after and train (animals)
klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves)
background check
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
dressing
main key (of a musical composition)
cable modem