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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.adjust; mix; blend; adjust well
现在可以加面粉把汤调稠。
Now you can add flour to thicken the soup.
你不把望远镜调好是看不到东西的。
You can't see through the telescope until it is adjusted to your eyes.
牛奶里加点糖调一下。
Mix some sugar into the milk.
调味
flavour
- 2
v.adjust; modify; modulate
调整
adjust
老板说下个月要给我调工资。
The boss said that he would adjust my salary next month.
调节
adjust
- 3
adj.fit in perfectly; suit well; harmonious
风调雨顺
good weather for the crops
失调
maladjustment
琴瑟不调。
The stringed instruments clash.
- 4
v.mediate; reconcile
调停
mediate
调处
mediate
调解
mediate
- 5
v.tease; provoke; tantalize; make fun of
调戏
take liberties with
调谑
poke fun at
- 6
v.incite; instigate; sow discord; alienate
调词架讼
provoke somebody to appeal to a higher court
Words and phrases with 调
- 调匀[word]mix well or evenly; be mixed or blended evenly
- 调速[word]speed regulation
- 调解[word]mediate
- 调经[word]regulate the menstrual function
- 调整[word]adjust; modulate
- 调适[word]adjust to adapt
- 调入[word]fold
- 调音[word]tune
- 调节税[word]regulatory tax
- 调词架讼[idiom]incite somebody to take legal proceedings against somebody else
- 调三窝四[idiom]sow discord
- 调嘴弄舌[idiom]gossip
- 调嘴学舌[idiom]tell tales
- 调三斡四[idiom]foment dissension