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Chinese Pinyin Translation
顺应 順應 shùn yìng to comply / to conform to / in tune with / adapting to / to adjust to syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn
调头 調頭 diào tou tone (of voice) / tune syn
调子 調子 diào zi tune / melody / tuning / cadence / intonation / (speech) tone syn
主题曲 主題曲 zhǔ tí qū signature tune
腔调 腔調 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement syn
曲调 曲調 qǔ diào tune / melody
走调 走調 zǒu diào out of tune / off-key
奏乐 奏樂 zòu yuè to perform music / to play a tune syn
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn
填词 填詞 tián cí to compose a poem (to a given tune)
余韵 餘韻 yú yùn pleasant lingering effect / memorable stylishness / haunting tune / aftertaste (of a good wine etc) syn
杨柳 楊柳 yáng liǔ willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune syn
调谐 調諧 tiáo xié harmonious / to adjust / to tune (e.g. wireless receiver) / to bring into harmony syn
失调 失調 shī diào out of tune (music) syn
小曲 xiǎo qǔ popular song / folk tune / ballad syn
调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument)
跑调 跑調 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
曲 qǔ tune / song / CL:支[zhi1] syn
曲子 qǔ zi poem for singing / tune / music / CL:支[zhi1] syn
腔 qiāng (bound form) cavity / tune / accent (in one's speech) / (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) syn
改弦易辙 改弦易轍 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune syn
老调重弹 老調重彈 lǎo diào chóng tán to play the same old tune (idiom) / unoriginal syn
降调 降調 jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote
琴瑟不调 琴瑟不調 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
五音不全 wǔ yīn bù quán tone deaf / unable to sing in tune syn
哭腔 kū qiāng sobbing tone / sob / dirge / opera tune portraying mourning
定音 dìng yīn to call the tune / to make the final decision
弹词 彈詞 tán cí ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment syn
搭调 搭調 dā diào to match / in tune / reasonable
整声 整聲 zhěng shēng to tune (a musical instrument) / to regulate the sound
细调 細調 xì diào to fine tune
翻作 fān zuò to compose / to write words to a tune
旧调子 舊調子 jiù diào zi old tune / fig. conservative opinion / the same old stuff
调律 調律 diào lǜ to tune (e.g. piano)
调准 調準 tiáo zhǔn to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
走音 zǒu yīn (music) off-key / out of tune
驺虞 騶虞 zōu yú zouyu (mythical animal) / official in charge of park animals / name of an archaic ceremonial tune
信号曲 信號曲 signature tune
调律 調律 tiáo lǜ to tune (e.g. piano)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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