调 diào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 周 Zhou dynasty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
调
tiáo
to adjust
Character
Example phrases
- 我来调音量。 Wǒ lái tiáo yīn liàng. I will adjust the volume.
- 请调小一点。 Qǐng tiáo xiǎo yì diǎn. Please turn it down a little.
- 味道调好了。 Wèi dào tiáo hǎo le. The taste is adjusted well now.
Related words
- 调 diào tune; tone
- 调查 diàochá survey; investigation
- 空调 kōngtiáo air conditioner
- 强调 qiángdiào to emphasize
- 调整 tiáozhěng to adjust; to change
- 单调 dāndiào boring; monotonous
- 调皮 tiáopí naughty; mischievous
- 调动 diàodòng to transfer; to mobilize
- 调节 tiáojié to adjust
- 调解 tiáojiě to mediate
- 没用 méiyòng useless
- 相当 xiāngdāng quite; fairly