变调
biàn diào
Pinyin

Definition

变调
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biàn diào
  1. tone sandhi
  2. modified tone
  3. (music) to change key
  4. modulation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

低调
dī diào
  1. 1 low pitch
  2. 2 quiet (voice)
  3. 3 subdued
  4. 4 low-key
  5. 5 low-profile
多变
duō biàn
  1. 1 fickle
  2. 2 multi-variate (math.)
强调
qiáng diào
  1. 1 to emphasize (a statement)
  2. 2 to stress
改变
gǎi biàn
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform
空调
kōng tiáo
  1. 1 air conditioning
  2. 2 air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái]
调整
tiáo zhěng
  1. 1 to adjust
  2. 2 adjustment
  3. 3 revision
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
调查
diào chá
  1. 1 investigation
  2. 2 inquiry
  3. 3 to investigate
  4. 4 to survey
  5. 5 survey
  6. 6 (opinion) poll
  7. 7 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
变
biàn
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to become different
  3. 3 to transform
  4. 4 to vary
  5. 5 rebellion
变化
biàn huà
  1. 1 change
  2. 2 variation
  3. 3 to change
  4. 4 to vary
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
变得
biàn de
  1. 1 to become
变态
biàn tài
  1. 1 to metamorphose (biology)
  2. 2 abnormal
  3. 3 perverted
  4. 4 hentai
  5. 5 (slang) pervert
变成
biàn chéng
  1. 1 to change into
  2. 2 to turn into
  3. 3 to become
一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
上调
shàng tiáo
  1. 1 to raise (prices)
  2. 2 to adjust upwards
下调
xià diào
  1. 1 to demote
  2. 2 to pass down to a lower unit
事变
shì biàn
  1. 1 incident
  2. 2 unforeseen event
  3. 3 events (in general)
协调
xié tiáo
  1. 1 to coordinate
  2. 2 to harmonize
  3. 3 to fit together
  4. 4 to match (colors etc)
  5. 5 harmonious
  6. 6 concerted
善变
shàn biàn
  1. 1 fickle
  2. 2 mercurial
  3. 3 changeable
  4. 4 capricious
  5. 5 to be apt to change
单调
dān diào
  1. 1 monotonous
基调
jī diào
  1. 1 main key (of a musical composition)
  2. 2 keynote (speech)

Idioms (20)

一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
不识时变
bù shí shí biàn
  1. 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
  2. 2 not amenable to reason
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn
  1. 1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
  2. 2 O Tempora, O Mores!
千变万轸
qiān biàn wàn zhěn
  1. 1 constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)
唱高调
chàng gāo diào
  1. 1 to sing the high part
  2. 2 to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi
  1. 1 monotonous
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 tedious (idiom)
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
  1. 1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
民变峰起
mín biàn fēng qǐ
  1. 1 seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
  1. 1 to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. 1 in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
穷则思变
qióng zé sī biàn
  1. 1 when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
翻手为云覆手变雨
fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ
  1. 1 lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
  2. 2 very powerful and capable (idiom)
老调重弹
lǎo diào chóng tán
  1. 1 to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
旧调重弹
jiù diào chóng tán
  1. 1 replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited
  2. 2 to keep harping on about the same old stuff
万变不离其宗
wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng
  1. 1 many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
处变不惊
chǔ biàn bù jīng
  1. 1 to remain calm in the face of events (idiom)
蜕化变质
tuì huà biàn zhì
  1. 1 to degenerate (morally) (idiom)
  2. 2 to become depraved
调三窝四
tiáo sān wō sì
  1. 1 to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
调兵遣将
diào bīng qiǎn jiàng
  1. 1 to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
  2. 2 to send a team on a task

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