调
tiáodiào HSK3

adjust, tune

调 調 tiáo frequency
to adjust verb
To adjust or regulate; to make something balanced, harmonious, or functional.

把音乐调小声点。

bǎ yīn​yuè tiáo xiǎo​shēng diǎn.

Turn the music down.

她把闹钟调好了。

tā bǎ nào​zhōng tiáo hǎo le.

She set the alarm clock.

to mix nounverb
To mix, blend, or season; to combine ingredients in a balanced way.
to tease verb
To tease, flirt with, or provoke; to incite or instigate.
to mediate
To mediate or reconcile; to resolve a conflict and restore harmony between parties.
surname
A Chinese surname
调 調 diào
to investigate verbnoun
To investigate; to inquire into; to research.
style adjectivenoun
A person's style, character, or sentiment; the general tone or flavor of a piece of writing or art.
to transfer verb
To transfer, move, or swap personnel, troops, or things; to assign to a new position; to exchange locations.

他把我调到伦敦。

tā bǎ wǒ diào dào lún​dūn.

He transferred me to London.

过了一段时间，我被调到另外一个团队。

guò le yī duàn shí​jiān, wǒ bèi diào dào lìng​wài yī​ge tuán​duì.

After a while, I was transferred to another team.

tune noun
A melody or tune; a musical key or mode; the pitch or tonality of a piece.

钢琴和小提琴好像不合调。

gāng​qín hé xiǎo​tí​qín hǎo​xiàng bù hé diào.

The violin and the piano seem to be out of tune.

accent noun
The unique sound of a person's speech, such as an accent or local dialect; the specific intonation or manner of speaking.
argument noun
An argument, point of view, or general tone of one's speech or writing
tone
The specific pitch contours of a spoken syllable; the lexical tone of a Chinese character.
tax
A historical form of tax or levy paid in kind, such as silk or cloth, particularly under the Tang dynasty system

Frequency
Character
Written text
400th most common 549.8 per million
Movie subtitles
473rd most common 310.4 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
53.7 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
92.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
調
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+8C03

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)