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
Words Containing 调
to raise (prices)
to demote
to adjust downwards
low pitch
to coordinate
monotonous
to emphasize (a statement)
sentiment
to cook
air conditioning
tone
to ridicule
to adjust
to transfer
harmonious
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc)
to regulate
to adjust
condiment
investigation
naughty
to investigate and research
to adjust
to mediate
to debug
high-sounding speech
uncoordinated
discord
China Geological Survey (CGS)
central air conditioning
(perfumery) middle note
main point of an argument
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
census
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life
exit poll
(perfumery) top note
to promote to a higher post
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
coordinator
coordinator
a regional accent
adjustable
regulator (diving)
to express a different view
to sing the high part
to negotiate the transfer of personnel
monotonous
callback (computing)
callback function (computing)
main key (of a musical composition)
major key (in music)
out of tune (music)
imbalance
offset voltage
marriage counseling
tone of a character
macro-control
to set the tone
to set the tone
modes of ancient Chinese music
RF tuner
to swap places
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre
(of a voice) husky
market research
to have a tone mark
(perfumery) base note
fine tuning
to conscript
Anhui opera
psychosis
strange accent; odd manner of speaking or singing
hand-eye coordination
to transfer (personnel or material)
recruiting coordinator
to supervise (troops)
to match
regional folk song popular during a certain period of time
warm tone
tune
classy
background investigation
to obtain (information) from a database etc
style (of art or literature)
step
to be united in action
vowel harmony (in phonetics)
opinion poll
opinion poll
to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech)
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
BCD
BCD
hackneyed talk
cookery
special blend; house blend
out of tune
exoticism
due diligence (law)
it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
sleep disorder
to transpose (music)
air conditioning
air conditioned vehicle
(of writing) tone
to fine tune
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
debugging and commissioning
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
tone contour
background check
to conduct a background check
a tune
fig. conservative opinion
hue
evaporative air conditioner
blues (music)
demodulation
aria
cognitive dissonance
intonation
to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
to transfer
to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday
pitch of tones
to reconcile
mediator
to raise or lower the price
dimmer
to bring in
Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling
Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
to modulate; modulation
modulated wave (elec.)
modem
to blend (cooking)
see 掉包[diào bāo]
to promote
to adjust upward
to harmonize
to obtain (information from an archive etc)
seasoning
flavoring agent
seasoning
seasoning
dressing
gravy
harmonic analysis (math.)
harmonic mean
harmonic oscillation
to provoke
to quibble
to incite trouble between people (idiom)
tune
amplitude modulation (AM)
to reassign a cadre
worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
to tease
(musical) mode
to tune (e.g. piano)
to flirt
to take liberties with a woman
to exchange
to send (products)
to sow discord
gear shift
(literary) to nurse to health; to recuperate
to instruct
investigator
investigator
investigating team
to investigate
results (of an investigation, poll)
investigator
questionnaire
to transfer a dossier
to send on assignment
to adjust to the right value
to focus
to nurse one's health
to transfer (for a specific purpose)
to requisition
naughty
phase modulation
research workers
to tease
regulator
spoon
to be transferred to another post
to blend colors
palette
spatula
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom)
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)
to train