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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to emphasize (a statement) / to stress
HSK 3
to adjust / adjustment / revision / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
investigation / inquiry / to investigate / to survey / survey / (opinion) poll / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
monotonous
HSK 4
naughty / mischievous / unruly
HSK 4
to adjust / to regulate / to harmonize / to reconcile (accountancy etc)
HSK 5
to mediate / to bring parties to an agreement
HSK 5
to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play
HSK 5
to coordinate / to harmonize / to fit together / to match (colors etc) / harmonious / concerted
HSK 6
to investigate and research / research / investigation
HSK 6
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
HSK 7-9
to regulate / to control
HSK 7-9
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler
HSK 7-9
condiment / seasoning / flavoring
HSK 7-9
to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
HSK 7-9
to cook
HSK 7-9
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
ambience; mood; flavor
HSK 7-9
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
HSK 7-9
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
to modulate; modulation
to concoct by mixing ingredients; to prepare according to a recipe; to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
to adjust; to redistribute (resources etc) / (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace / (of a pharmacist) to fill a prescription
callback (computing)
to blend colors / to mix colors
to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
hue / tone
fine tuning / trimming
pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
(musical) mode
to raise or lower the price / price adjustment
to bring in / to call in / to transfer (a person, data) / (computing) to call / to load (a subroutine etc)
demodulation / to demodulate
flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
to adjust the speed
to transfer / to move to another post
to transfer (personnel or material)
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities
seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
to send (products) / to allocate / to commit (funds) / to channel (goods)
to sow discord
style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character
to transfer a dossier / to consult a dossier
intonation / tone of voice / CL: 個|个
to allocate / to deploy
to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
to exchange / to change places / to swap
to take care of (sb's health) / to nurse
out of tune (music)
imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
frequency modulation / FM
harmonious / to adjust / to tune (e.g. wireless receiver) / to bring into harmony
harmonious / to mediate; to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix; to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate
to summon / to muster / to assemble
main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint
to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday / to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday
geological survey, abbr. for 地質調查|地质调查
to adapt (to an environment etc) / to make sth suitable / adaptation / adjustment / adaptive
to tune (a musical instrument)
to set the tone
to swap places / to exchange roles
argument / view (sometimes derogatory)
to dispatch / to assign / a dispatch
tone (of voice) / tune
to tease / to poke fun at
opinion poll
to supervise (troops) / to appoint (officers) / to select and assign
to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
gait / marching order / step / pace
to reconcile / to mediate / to bring warring parties to agreement / to arbitrate
to access (a document) / to consult
main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
regional folk song popular during a certain period of time
blues (music)
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory
major key (in music)
to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item; to sell a fake for the genuine article; to palm off
(of writing) tone / style
to send on assignment / to deploy (troops)
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
(idiom) to have good weather for crops
to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly
to be united in action
to express a different view / to take a different position
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) / (music) key signature
it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
melody / pitch or key (music) / tone / style / point of view
valve
spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic)
out of tune / off-key
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
to be transferred to another post / to post away
to request a transfer
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit

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