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
调试
tiáoshì
to debug; to test and adjust
Characters in this word
试 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 式 formula, pattern, rule, style, system
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 新系统上线前，工程师连续三天调试接口，避免数据在迁移时丢失。 Xīn xìtǒng shàngxiàn qián, gōngchéngshī liánxù sān tiān tiáoshì jiēkǒu, bìmiǎn shùjù zài qiānyí shí diūshī. Before the new system went online, the engineers debugged the interfaces for three days straight to prevent data loss during migration.
- 师傅花了一个下午调试这台老机器。 Shīfu huā le yí gè xiàwǔ tiáoshì zhè tái lǎo jīqì. The technician spent a whole afternoon testing and adjusting this old machine.
- 程序写好后还要仔细调试才能用。 Chéngxù xiě hǎo hòu hái yào zǐxì tiáoshì cáinéng yòng. After the program is written, it still needs careful debugging before it can be used.
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