diào chá
investigation
inquiry
to investigate
to survey
survey
(opinion) poll
CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
tiáo zhěng
to adjust
adjustment
revision
CL:個|个[ge4]
diào
to transfer
to move (troops or cadres)
to investigate
to enquire into
accent
view
argument
key (in music)
mode (music)
tune
tone
melody
tiáo
to harmonize
to reconcile
to blend
to suit well
to season (food)
to provoke
to incite
qiáng diào
to emphasize (a statement)
to stress
xié tiáo
to coordinate
to harmonize
to fit together
to match (colors etc)
harmonious
concerted
diào yán
to investigate and research
research
investigation
tiáo jié
to adjust
to regulate
to harmonize
to reconcile (accountancy etc)
chōu diào
to transfer (personnel or material)
diào dòng
to transfer
to maneuver (troops etc)
movement of personnel
to mobilize
to bring into play
tiáo pèi
to blend (colors, herbs)
to mix
shī tiáo
imbalance
to become dysfunctional
to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
tiáo shì
to adapt (to an environment etc)
to make sth suitable
adaptation
adjustment
adaptive
bù diào
gait
marching order
step
pace
tiáo jì
to adjust
to balance
to make up a medical prescription
yīn diào
pitch of voice (high or low)
pitch (of a musical note)
tone
diào dù
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc)
to schedule
to manage
dispatcher
scheduler
tiáo yǎng
to take care of (sb's health)
to nurse
qíng diào
sentiment
tone and mood
taste
lùn diào
argument
view (sometimes derogatory)
shēng diào
tone
note
a tone (on a Chinese syllable)
CL:個|个[ge4]
kōng tiáo
air conditioning
air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
CL:臺|台[tai2]
jī diào
main key (of a musical composition)
keynote (speech)
tiáo pí
naughty
mischievous
unruly
tiáo yún
to blend (cooking)
to mix evenly
tiáo hé
harmonious
to mediate
to reconcile
to compromise
mediation
to mix
to blend
blended
to season
seasoning
to placate
diào bō
to send (products)
to allocate
to commit (funds)
to channel (goods)
tiáo xì
to take liberties with a woman
to dally
to assail a woman with obscenities
tiáo liào
condiment
seasoning
flavoring
tiáo xié
harmonious
to adjust
to tune (e.g. wireless receiver)
to bring into harmony
gāo diào
high-sounding speech
bombast
high-profile
diào zi
tune
melody
tuning
cadence
intonation
(speech) tone
tiáo wèi
seasoning
condiment
flavoring
dressing
essences
dī diào
low pitch
quiet (voice)
subdued
low-key
low-profile
tiáo shì
to debug
to adjust components during testing
debugging
tiáo lǐ
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
gé diào
style (of art or literature)
form
one's work style
moral character
diào rèn
to transfer
to move to another post
tiáo kǎn
to ridicule
to tease
to mock
idle talk
chitchat
shàng tiáo
to raise (prices)
to adjust upwards
tiáo jiě
to mediate
to bring parties to an agreement
xià tiáo
to adjust downwards
to lower (prices, wages etc)
xià diáo
to demote
to pass down to a lower unit
xiǎo diào
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre
minor key (in music)
tiáo jiào
to instruct
to teach
to train
to raise (livestock)
diào huàn
to exchange
to change places
to swap
tiáo jià
to raise or lower the price
price adjustment
diào tóu
variant of 掉頭|掉头[diao4 tou2]
diào chá bào gào
memoir
investigation report
diào chá jié guǒ
results (of an investigation, poll)
jìn xíng diào chá
to carry out an investigation
diào chá biǎo
questionnaire
inventory list
CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]
tiáo wèi liào
seasoning
condiment
flavoring
dressing
essences
tiáo yīn
to tune (a musical instrument)
xiàn chǎng diào chá
on-the-spot investigation
tiáo sè
to blend colors
to mix colors
zhǔ diào
main point of an argument
a principal viewpoint
duì diào
to swap places
to exchange roles
lián bāng diào chá jú
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
tè tiáo
special blend
house blend
fēng tiáo yǔ shùn
favorable weather (idiom); good weather for crops
diào zhuǎn
to reassign sb to a different job
to turn around
to change direction
to make a U turn
biàn diào
tone sandhi
modified tone
(music) to change key
modulation
tiáo tíng
to reconcile
to mediate
to bring warring parties to agreement
to arbitrate
chàng fǎn diào
to express a different view
to take a different position
dā diào
to match
in tune
reasonable
diào dàng
to transfer a dossier
to consult a dossier
diào pài
to send on assignment
to deploy (troops)
jiè diào
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
diào qiǎn
to dispatch
to assign
a dispatch
pǎo diào
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
dān diào fá wèi
monotonous
dull
tedious (idiom)
zhuī zōng diào chá
follow-up study
investigative follow-up
Zhōng guó dì zhì diào chá jú
China Geological Survey (CGS)
diào bīng qiǎn jiàng
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
to send a team on a task
chén cí làn diào
cliché
commonplace
truism
stereotype
diào hǔ lí shān
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom)
to lure an enemy away from his territory
Diào bīng shān
Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling
Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning
tiáo shè
to nurse to health
to recuperate
tóng diào
same tone
in agreement with
homology (invariant of a topological space in math.)
chàng gāo diào
to sing the high part
to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
lǎo diào chóng tán
to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
gōng diào
modes of ancient Chinese music
diào mén
melody
pitch or key (music)
tone
style
point of view
shāng diào
to negotiate the transfer of personnel
tiáo zhǔn
to adjust to the right value
to tune
to focus (a camera etc)
to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
Diào bīng shān shì
Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning
diào gàn
to reassign a cadre
to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
shēng diào
rising tone (phonetics, e.g. on a question in English)
tiáo yán rén yuán
research workers
survey and research workers
tiáo zī
wage adjustment
to raise or lower wages
tiáo tíng zhě
mediator
intermediary
go-between
yáng qiāng yáng diào
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
Měi guó dì zhì diào chá jú
United States geological survey (USGS)
fēng diào
character (of a person, verse, object etc)
style
tiáo xùn
to train
to care for and educate
chá diào
to obtain (information) from a database etc
diào qiān
to transfer
to move
to shift
yùn diào
rhyme and tone
intonation
diào hào
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)
(music) key signature
xié tiáo shì jiè shí
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
tí diào
to supervise (troops)
to appoint (officers)
to select and assign
tiáo hé fēn xī
harmonic analysis (math.)
sù tiáo guǎn
klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves)
tiáo nòng
to tease
to make fun of
to provoke
to stir up (trouble)
shàng tóng diào
cohomology (invariant of a topological space in math.)
shēng diào yǔ yán
tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
diào fù
to dispatch (troops to the front)
jiù diào chóng tán
replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited
to keep harping on about the same old stuff
shì dù wēi tiáo
an appropriate amount of fine-tuning
tiáo suō
to provoke
to stir up (trouble)
to instigate
mǔ yīn tiáo hé
vowel harmony (in phonetics)
tiáo xùn
to look after and train (animals)
diào mén r
erhua variant of 調門|调门[diao4 men2]
tiáo zuǐ xué shé
to incite trouble between people (idiom)
fú lì tiáo zhěng zhuāng zhì
BCD
Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
tiáo sān wō sì
to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
qín sè bù tiáo
out of tune
marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
yě diào wú qiāng
coarse in speech and manner
zhēng fā kōng tiáo
evaporative air conditioner
evaporative cooler
jiǔ shēng liù diào
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
fú lì tiáo zhěng bèi xīn
BCD
Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
jiù diào zi
old tune
fig. conservative opinion
the same old stuff
ráo shé tiáo chún
blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
chàng gāo diào r
erhua variant of 唱高調|唱高调[chang4 gao1 diao4]
chà diào
(of a voice) husky
hoarse
affected
(music) to go off-key
lán diào
slander
calumny
to accuse unjustly
lián hé hé shì gù xié diào zhōng xīn
Joint nuclear Accident Coordinating Center (JNACC)
tiáo biàn
modulation
to modulate (electronics)
tiáo zhì
to concoct by mixing ingredients
to prepare according to a recipe
to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
diào zhí
to be transferred to another post
to post away
diào fā
to requisition
to dispatch
diào yòng
to transfer (for a specific purpose)
to allocate
(computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
diào chá hé shí
to investigate
investigation
fact-checking
diào gàn shēng
worker chosen to become a cadre and sent to complete his schooling
tiáo fú
amplitude modulation (AM)
size of an adjustment
jiàng diào
falling intonation (linguistics)
to lower the key of a tune
to demote
zhuǎn diào
(music) to change key
modulation
(of an employee) to be transferred to another post
diào jí
to summon
to muster
to assemble
tiáo jiàng
(Tw) to lower (prices, interest rates etc)
to reduce
to cut
diào yuè
to access (a document)
to consult
yóu qiāng huá diào
flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech)
glib-tongued
oily
chōng tiáo
to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
shí diào
regional folk song popular during a certain period of time
guài qiāng guài diào
strange accent
odd manner of speaking or singing
zhēng diào
to conscript
to second (personnel)
to requisition (supplies etc)
dì diào
geological survey, abbr. for 地質調查|地质调查[di4 zhi4 diao4 cha2]
Zhōng guó Dì zhì Diào chá jú
China Geological Survey (CGS)
yì guó qíng diào
exoticism
local color
exotic
Měi guó Dì zhì Diào chá jú
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
diào qǔ
to obtain (information from an archive etc)
tiáo shēng
to adjust upward
to upgrade
(price) hike
diào rù
to bring in
to call in
to transfer (a person, data)
(computing) to call
to load (a subroutine etc)
tiáo xiū
to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday
to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday
jiě tiáo
demodulation
to demodulate
Lián bāng Diào chá jú
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
lián tiáo lián shì
debugging and commissioning
testing (of a whole system)
xià diào
to demote
to pass down to a lower unit