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to emphasize (a statement) / to stress
HSK 3
to adjust / to regulate / to harmonize / to reconcile (accountancy etc)
HSK 5
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
to adjust / adjustment / revision / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to investigate and research / research / investigation
HSK 6
naughty / mischievous / unruly
HSK 4
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
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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
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  *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
investigation / inquiry / to investigate / to survey / survey / (opinion) poll / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play
HSK 5
monotonous
HSK 4
to coordinate / to harmonize / to fit together / to match (colors etc) / harmonious / concerted
HSK 6
to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
HSK 7-9
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
adjustable
tone contour
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom)
(law) due diligence (abbr. for 盡職調查|尽职调查)
slander / calumny / to accuse unjustly
to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
HSK 7-9
(musical) mode
regulator (diving)
to mediate / to bring parties to an agreement
HSK 5
to regulate / to control
HSK 7-9
to investigate / investigation
market research
to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
to express a different view / to take a different position
(law) due diligence
condiment / seasoning / flavoring
HSK 7-9
to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler
HSK 7-9
macro-control
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
to cook
HSK 7-9
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
HSK 7-9
to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
to flirt
to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
uncoordinated / disharmony
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
census
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)
opinion poll
special blend; house blend
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music)
(idiom) to have good weather for crops
style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character
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
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
main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
modulated wave (elec.)
ambience; mood; flavor
HSK 7-9
seasoning / flavoring
to bring in / to call in / to transfer (a person, data) / (computing) to call / to load (a subroutine etc)
to be united in action
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
to adapt (to an environment etc) / to make sth suitable / adaptation / adjustment / adaptive
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to have a tone mark
background check
tune / melody
to swap places / to exchange roles
hand-eye coordination
a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement
to transfer / to move to another post
questionnaire / inventory list / CL: 張|张,
exit poll
air conditioning
to allocate / to deploy
to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
frequency modulation / FM
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
results (of an investigation, poll)
investigator
to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn
adverse effects caused by prolonged air-conditioning exposure, including dizziness, headaches, fatigue or chest tightness
to provoke / to stir up (trouble) / to instigate
phase modulation
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory
to access (a document) / to consult
fine tuning / trimming
to mix drinks / cocktail
argument / view (sometimes derogatory)
callback (computing)
to transfer (personnel or material)
coordinator
(of a voice) husky / hoarse / affected / (music) to go off-key
hue / tone
callback function (computing)
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
to set the tone
(formal) air conditioner
mediator / intermediary / go-between
to transfer a dossier / to consult a dossier
to send on assignment / to deploy (troops)
to promote

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