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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

调集diào jí

to summon / to muster / to assemble

调派diào pài

to send on assignment / to deploy (troops)

失调shī diào

out of tune (music)

失调shī tiáo

imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)

音调yīn diào

pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone

单调dān diào

monotonous

腔调qiāng diào

a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement

陈词滥调chén cí làn diào

cliché / commonplace / truism / stereotype

语调yǔ diào

intonation / tone of voice / CL:個|个[gè]

情调qíng diào

ambience / mood / flavor

格调gé diào

style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character

烹调pēng tiáo

to cook

小调xiǎo diào

xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / (music) minor key

曲调qǔ diào

tune / melody

唱反调chàng fǎn diào

to express a different view / to take a different position

步调bù diào

gait / marching order / step / pace

大调dà diào

(music) major key

声调shēng diào

tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[gè]

走调zǒu diào

out of tune / off-key

色调sè diào

hue / tone

基调jī diào

main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech)

高调gāo diào

high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile

论调lùn diào

argument / view (sometimes derogatory)

协调员xié tiáo yuán

coordinator

上调shàng tiáo

to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards

借调jiè diào

to temporarily transfer (personnel)

老调重弹lǎo diào chóng tán

to play the same old tune (idiom) / unoriginal

调三窝四tiáo sān wō sì

to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)

调休tiáo xiū

to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday / to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday

调值diào zhí

pitch of tones

调停者tiáo tíng zhě

mediator / intermediary / go-between

调价tiáo jià

to raise or lower the price / price adjustment

调光器tiáo guāng qì

dimmer

调入diào rù

to bring in / to call in / to transfer (a person, data) / (computing) to call / to load (a subroutine etc)

调兵遣将diào bīng qiǎn jiàng

to move an army and send a general (idiom) / to deploy an army / to send a team on a task

调制波tiáo zhì bō

modulated wave (elec.)

调制解调器tiáo zhì jiě tiáo qì

modem

调匀tiáo yún

to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly

调包diào bāo

to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item / to sell a fake for the genuine article / to palm off

调升diào shēng

to promote

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