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monotonous
HSK 4
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
investigation / inquiry / to investigate / to survey / survey / (opinion) poll / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
to emphasize (a statement) / to stress
HSK 3
to adjust / to regulate / to harmonize / to reconcile (accountancy etc)
HSK 5
to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
HSK 7-9
naughty / mischievous / unruly
HSK 4
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
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 investigate and research / research / investigation
HSK 6
to coordinate / to harmonize / to fit together / to match (colors etc) / harmonious / concerted
HSK 6
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
to summon / to muster / to assemble
to mix drinks / cocktail
to dispatch / to assign / a dispatch
to do a background check on sb
(law) due diligence (abbr. for 盡職調查|尽职调查)
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
hue / tone
klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves)
ambience; mood; flavor
HSK 7-9
(music) tonality / (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style; image; tone; voice; character
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
macro-control
to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
HSK 7-9
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
condiment / seasoning / flavoring
HSK 7-9
naughty; mischievous; to act up
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)
gear shift
to modulate; modulation
to flirt
to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities
(perfumery) top note
marriage counseling
to tease / to poke fun at
coordinator
major key (in music)
seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
to allocate / to deploy
to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
to transfer (personnel or material)
to obtain (information) from a database etc
to transfer a dossier / to consult a dossier
to regulate / to control
HSK 7-9
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler
HSK 7-9
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
HSK 7-9
to negotiate the transfer of personnel
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music)
(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)
gait / marching order / step / pace
spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic)
wage adjustment / to raise or lower wages
callback (computing)
(perfumery) base note
seasoning / flavoring
out of tune / off-key
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
air conditioning
to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
hand-eye coordination
to blend colors / to mix colors
questionnaire / inventory list / CL: 張|张,
cookery
it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
to reconcile / to mediate / to bring warring parties to agreement / to arbitrate
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
investigator
investigator
(perfumery) middle note / heart note
to obtain (information from an archive etc)
classy / stylish / upmarket
a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement
to bring in / to call in / to transfer (a person, data) / (computing) to call / to load (a subroutine etc)
to lower; to reduce; to cut (prices, interest rates etc)
to cook
HSK 7-9
coordinator
main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint
market research
exoticism / local color / exotic
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) / (music) key signature
(music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone
tone contour
census
out of tune (music)
imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL: 個|个
background check (abbr. for 背景調查|背景调查) / to conduct a background check
gravy
to take care of (sb's health) / to nurse
(idiom) to have good weather for crops
flavoring agent
to transfer an employee to another post; reassignment / also pr. [tiao2 gang3]
adjustable

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