调号
diào hào
Pinyin

Definition

调号
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diào hào
  1. tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)
  2. (music) key signature

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
信号
xìn hào
  1. 1 signal
外号
wài hào
  1. 1 nickname
强调
qiáng diào
  1. 1 to emphasize (a statement)
  2. 2 to stress
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]
号
háo
  1. 1 roar
  2. 2 cry
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
号令
hào lìng
  1. 1 an order (esp. army)
  2. 2 bugle call expressing military order
  3. 3 verbal command
号码
hào mǎ
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 CL:堆[duī],個|个[gè]
调
diào
  1. 1 to transfer
  2. 2 to move (troops or cadres)
  3. 3 to investigate
  4. 4 to enquire into
  5. 5 accent
  6. 6 view
  7. 7 argument
  8. 8 key (in music)
  9. 9 mode (music)
  10. 10 tune
  11. 11 tone
  12. 12 melody
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]
账号
zhàng hào
  1. 1 account
  2. 2 username
一号
yī hào
  1. 1 first day of the month
  2. 2 toilet
  3. 3 (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
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
中号
zhōng hào
  1. 1 medium-sized
二号
èr hào
  1. 1 2nd day of the month
代号
dài hào
  1. 1 code name
加号
jiā hào
  1. 1 plus sign + (math.)
区号
qū hào
  1. 1 area code

Idioms (14)

唱高调
chàng gāo diào
  1. 1 to sing the high part
  2. 2 to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
啼饥号寒
tí jī háo hán
  1. 1 hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi
  1. 1 monotonous
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 tedious (idiom)
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)
狼号鬼哭
láng háo guǐ kū
  1. 1 lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
  1. 1 to boss people around (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
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
调嘴学舌
tiáo zuǐ xué shé
  1. 1 to incite trouble between people (idiom)
调虎离山
diào hǔ lí shān
  1. 1 to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom)
  2. 2 to lure an enemy away from his territory
风调雨顺
fēng tiáo yǔ shùn
  1. 1 favorable weather (idiom); good weather for crops
饶舌调唇
ráo shé tiáo chún
  1. 1 blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker

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