调, tiáo
Meaning: to adjust, to tune, to mix
HSK 5 word
Example
你把声音调小一点儿。
Nǐ bǎ shēngyīn tiáo xiǎo yìdiǎnr.
Turn the volume down a bit.
Also written 调: diào, “to transfer, to move” (HSK 5).
More HSK 5 words
- 保留bǎoliúto retain
- 保存bǎocúnto preserve
- 变动biàndòngto change, change
- 更换gēnghuànto replace, to change
- 现代化xiàndàihuàto modernize, modernization
- 上升shàngshēngto rise, to go up
- 上涨shàngzhǎngto rise, to go up (of prices or water)
- 增zēngto increase, to add
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