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  *调* | 调* | *调
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *调* | 调* | *调
to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite
HSK 3
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
to emphasize (a statement) / to stress
HSK 3
monotonous
HSK 4
to coordinate / to harmonize / to fit together / to match (colors etc) / harmonious / concerted
HSK 6
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
to cook
HSK 7-9
to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
HSK 7-9
ambience; mood; flavor
HSK 7-9
hue / tone
callback (computing)
style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
gait / marching order / step / pace
argument / view (sometimes derogatory)
main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
fine tuning / trimming
blues (music)
pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
major key (in music)
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music)
demodulation / to demodulate
tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL: 個|个
flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily
to swap places / to exchange roles
opinion poll
intonation / tone of voice / CL: 個|个
to set the tone
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to request a transfer
to transfer (personnel or material)
geological survey, abbr. for 地質調查|地质调查
main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint
a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement
(of writing) tone / style
to supervise (troops) / to appoint (officers) / to select and assign
to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
regional folk song popular during a certain period of time
to express a different view / to take a different position
(music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
a regional accent
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
out of tune / off-key
it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
cliché / commonplace / truism / stereotype
to conscript / to second (personnel) / to requisition (supplies etc)
rhyme and tone / intonation
Anhui opera
modes of ancient Chinese music
same tone / in agreement with / homology (invariant of a topological space in math.)
hackneyed talk / platitude
to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
to match / in tune / reasonable
character (of a person, verse, object etc) / style
to fine tune
to have a tone mark
to obtain (information) from a database etc
slander / calumny / to accuse unjustly
uncoordinated / disharmony
special blend; house blend
cohomology (invariant of a topological space in math.)
central air conditioning / (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男, a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry)
(perfumery) middle note / heart note
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
(perfumery) top note
adjustable
to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
to negotiate the transfer of personnel
out of tune (music)
imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
tone of a character
(of a voice) husky / hoarse / affected / (music) to go off-key
(perfumery) base note
psychosis
strange accent; odd manner of speaking or singing
hand-eye coordination
warm tone / warm color
tune / melody
classy / stylish / upmarket
(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)
to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
epidemiological survey (abbr. for 流行病學調查|流行病学调查)
out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
exoticism / local color / exotic
sleep disorder
to transpose (music)
background check (abbr. for 背景調查|背景调查) / to conduct a background check
evaporative air conditioner / evaporative cooler
aria
cognitive dissonance
tone sandhi
falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote


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