chà​diào

off-key

  • created sense approved 岔调/岔調 · chà​diào · off-key — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岔调 / 岔調

    chà​diào

    off-key

    to sing or play music out of tune or off-key

    岔 (literal) → 岔 · chà · to diverge 调 (literal) → 调/調 · diào · tune

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 岔调/岔調 · chà​diào · hoarse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岔调 / 岔調

    chà​diào

    hoarse

    to have a voice that is husky, hoarse, or affected

    岔 (literal) → 岔 · chà · hoarse 调 (literal) → 调/調 · diào · accent

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense