Translation of 调 to English with examples of 调 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

调

調

diào

n. melody, tune; (music) key; accent; opinion; tone

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Other meanings

[diào] v. transfer, move; investigate
[tiáo] char. harmonious; blend, adjust; mediate; tease, provoke; incite

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CHARACTER COMPOSITION

RADICAL

讠 speech (for 调)

言 to say, to talk; speech, word; character, word, sentence (for 調)

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

EXAMPLES

声调

聲調

shēng diào

n. tone (of a Chinese character); note, tone

她唱歌总是走调。

她唱歌總是走調。

tā chàng gē zǒng shì zǒu diào .

phr. She always sings out of tune.

这首歌调太高了，我唱不了。

這首歌調太高了，我唱不了。

zhè shǒu gē diào tài gāo le, wǒ chàng bù liǎo .

phr. The tune of this song is too high for me to sing.

论调

論調

lùn diào

n. view, argument

曲调

曲調

qǔ diào

n. melody and tune (of a song)

腔调

腔調

qiāng diào

n. accent, tone

音调

音調

yīn diào

n. pitch of voice (high or low), pitch (of a musical note), tone

油腔滑调

油腔滑調

yóu qiāng huá diào

idiom. be smooth-tongued, to speak glibly, to have a smooth and oily tongue