| 调整 | tiáo zhěng | adjustment; revision; CL:个 |
| 调 | diào | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody |
| 调 | tiáo | to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to season (food); to provoke; to incite |
| 调节 | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc) |
| 调查 | diào chá | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll; CL:项,个 |
| 调动 | diào dòng | to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc) |
| 调制 | tiáo zhì | to modulate; modulation |
| 调和 | tiáo hé | harmonious; harmony |
| 调解 | tiáo jiě | to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement |
| 调节器 | tiáo jié qì | regulator |
| 调味 | tiáo wèi | seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences |
| 调频 | tiáo pín | frequency modulation; FM |
| 调度 | diào dù | to dispatch (i.e. organize the distribution of vehicles); dispatcher |
| 调谐 | tiáo xié | harmonious; to adjust; to tune (e.g. wireless receiver); to bring into harmony |
| 调配 | diào pèi | to allocate; to deploy |
| 调配 | tiáo pèi | to blend (colors, herbs); to mix |
| 调剂 | tiáo jì | to adjust; to balance; to make up a medical prescription |
| 调子 | diào zi | tune; melody; tuning; cadence; intonation; (speech) tone |
| 调试 | tiáo shì | to debug; to adjust components during testing; debugging |
| 调料 | tiáo liào | condiment; seasoning; flavoring |
| 调皮 | tiáo pí | naughty; mischievous; unruly |
| 调拨 | diào bō | to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods) |
| 调换 | diào huàn | to exchange; to change places; to swap |
| 调停 | tiáo tíng | to reconcile; to mediate; to bring warring parties to agreement; to arbitrate |
| 调式 | diào shì | (musical) mode |
| 调号 | diào hào | tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) |
| 调遣 | diào qiǎn | to dispatch; to assign; a dispatch |
| 调音 | tiáo yīn | to tune (a musical instrument) |
| 调任 | diào rèn | to transfer; to move to another post |
| 调色 | tiáo sè | to blend colors; to mix colors |
| 调羹 | tiáo gēng | spoon |
| 调匀 | tiáo yún | to blend (cooking); to mix evenly |
| 调三窝四 | tiáo sān wō sì | to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom) |
| 调侃 | tiáo kǎn | to ridicule; to tease; to mock; idle talk; chitchat |
| 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 |
| 调兵山 | Diào bīng shān | Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling; Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 铁岭市, Liaoning |
| 调兵山市 | Diào bīng shān shì | Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 铁岭市, Liaoning |
| 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 diào qì | modem |
| 调包 | diào bāo | to substitute in secret (a fake for the genuine item); to palm off; same as 掉包 |
| 调协 | tiáo xié | to harmonize; to match |
| 调味剂 | tiáo wèi jì | flavoring agent |
| 调味品 | tiáo wèi pǐn | seasoning; flavoring |
| 调味料 | tiáo wèi liào | seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences |
| 调味汁 | tiáo wèi zhī | dressing; sauce |
| 调味肉汁 | tiáo wèi ròu zhī | gravy |
| 调和分析 | tiáo hé fēn xī | harmonic analysis (math.) |
