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HSK
investigation / inquiry / to investigate / to survey / survey / (opinion) poll / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
to adjust / adjustment / revision / CL: 個|个
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *調* | 調* | *調
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
  *調* | 調* | *調
to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite
HSK 3
naughty / mischievous / unruly
HSK 4
monotonous
HSK 4
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 adjust / to regulate / to harmonize / to reconcile (accountancy etc)
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 dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler
HSK 7-9
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
HSK 7-9
to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
HSK 7-9
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
HSK 7-9
condiment / seasoning / flavoring
HSK 7-9
ambience; mood; flavor
HSK 7-9
to regulate / to control
HSK 7-9
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
to cook
HSK 7-9
(music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
to modulate; modulation
adjustable
to blend colors / to mix colors
to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
to adapt (to an environment etc) / to make sth suitable / adaptation / adjustment / adaptive
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 mix drinks / cocktail
opinion poll
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
to flirt
out of tune (music)
imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
market research
seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
hue / tone
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
blues (music)
to be transferred to another post / to post away
to allocate / to deploy
to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
intonation / tone of voice / CL: 個|个
to take care of (sb's health) / to nurse
tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL: 個|个
bartender
to adjust the speed
style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character
regulator
harmonious / to adjust / to tune (e.g. wireless receiver) / to bring into harmony
fine tuning / trimming
gait / marching order / step / pace
to express a different view / to take a different position
to exchange / to change places / to swap
to adjust / to balance / to make up a medical prescription
to tease / to poke fun at
amplitude modulation (AM) / size of an adjustment
to transfer (personnel or material)
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
to send on assignment / to deploy (troops)
(perfumery) middle note / heart note
main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)
a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement
to summon / to muster / to assemble
to dispatch (troops to the front)
to dispatch / to assign / a dispatch
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
exoticism / local color / exotic
(music) tonality / (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style; image; tone; voice; character
naughty; mischievous; to act up
to transfer / to move / to shift
to tune (a musical instrument)
frequency modulation / FM
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory
macro-control
(musical) mode
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music)
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly
to focus
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
to be united in action
spoon
warm tone / warm color
pitch of tones
to conscript / to second (personnel) / to requisition (supplies etc)
(of writing) tone / style
aria
to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
modem
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) / (music) key signature
falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote
major key (in music)
flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily
air conditioning
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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