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
调度
diàodù
to dispatch; to schedule; dispatching
Characters in this word
度 dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 暴雨期间，城市排水系统的调度能力直接关系到内涝风险。 Bàoyǔ qījiān, chéngshì páishuǐ xìtǒng de diàodù nénglì zhíjiē guānxì dào nèilào fēngxiǎn. During heavy rain, the dispatching capacity of an urban drainage system is directly linked to the risk of waterlogging.
- 公交公司调度了十辆车来接送学生。 Gōngjiāo gōngsī diàodù le shí liàng chē lái jiēsòng xuésheng. The bus company dispatched ten vehicles to carry the students.
- 机场的调度员一边看屏幕，一边安排飞机起飞的顺序。 Jīchǎng de diàodùyuán yìbiān kàn píngmù, yìbiān ānpái fēijī qǐfēi de shùnxù. The airport dispatcher watches the screen while arranging the order in which planes take off.
Related words
- 调 diào tune; tone
- 调查 diàochá survey; investigation
- 空调 kōngtiáo air conditioner
- 强调 qiángdiào to emphasize
- 调 tiáo to adjust
- 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
- 声调 shēngdiào tone