Phrases:
- 笔调 bǐ diào
- (of writing) tone, style
- 变调 biàn diào
- modified tone, tonal modification
- 步调 bù diào
- gait, marching order, step, pace
- 查调 chá diào
- inquiry, inquire
- 单调 dān diào
- monotonous
- 低调 dī diào
- low key, low-profile
- 调变 diào biàn
- to modulate
- 调查 diào chá
- investigation, inquiry, to investigate, to survey, survey, (opinion) poll
- 调动 diào dòng
- transfer, maneuver (troops, etc.)
- 调度 diào dù
- (v) dispatch, (n) dispatcher
- 调换 diào huàn
- (v) exchange; change places, (v) change
- 调值 diào zhí
- pitch of tones
- 调子 diào zǐ
- tune
- 基调 jī diào
- (speech) keynote
- 解调 jiě diào
- to demodulate
- 空调 kōng tiáo
- (n) air conditioning
- 民调 mín diào
- opinion poll
- 烹调 pēng tiáo
- (v) cook, (n) cooking
- 腔调 qiāng diào
- accent
- 强调 qiáng diào
- to emphasize (a statement), to stress
- 色调 sè diào
- hue
- 声调 shēng diào
- tone, note
- 失调 shī tiáo
- imbalance, out of tune
- 特调 tè tiáo
- special blend (coffee), house blend (coffee)
- 调和 tiáo hé
- harmonious, harmony
- 调剂 tiáo jì
- (v) make an adjustment
- 调节 tiáo jié
- adjust, regulate
- 调解 tiáo jiě
- (v) mediate; bring together to an agreement
- 调皮 tiáo pí
- naughty, mischievous, unruly
- 调情 tiáo qíng
- flirt
- 调停 tiáo tíng
- reconcile
- 调戏 tiáo xì
- to take liberties with a woman, to dally, to assail a woman with obscenities
- 调整 tiáo zhěng
- adjustment, revision
- 调制 tiáo zhì
- to modulate, modulation
- 同调 tóng diào
- (math.) homology
- 协调 xié tiáo
- to coordinate
- 音调 yīn diào
- tone
- 语调 yǔ diào
- intonation