| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 本底調查 | 本底调查 | běn dǐ diào chá | background investigation |
| 筆調 | 笔调 | bǐ diào | (of writing) tone; style |
| 變調 | 变调 | biàn diào | modified tone; tonal modification |
| 步調 | 步调 | bù diào | gait; marching order; step; pace |
| 步調一致 | 步调一致 | bù diào yí zhì | to be united in action |
| 不調和 | 不调和 | bù tiáo hé | discord |
| 查調 | 查调 | chá diào | inquiry; inquire |
| 單調 | 单调 | dān diào | monotonous |
| 單調函數 | 单调函数 | dān diào hán shù | monotonic function |
| 低調 | 低调 | dī diào | low key; low-profile |
| 電纜調制解調器 | 电缆调制解调器 | diàn lǎn tiáo zhì jiě diào qì | cable modem |
| 調 | 调 | diào | mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer |
| 調變 | 调变 | diào biàn | to modulate |
| 調查 | 调查 | diào chá | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll |
| 調查報告 | 调查报告 | diào chá bào gào | memoir, report |
| 調查結果 | 调查结果 | diào chá jié guǒ | results (of an investigation, poll) |
| 調查人員 | 调查人员 | diào chá rén yuán | investigator |
| 調查者 | 调查者 | diào chá zhě | investigator |
| 調動 | 调动 | diào dòng | transfer; maneuver (troops, etc.) |
| 調度 | 调度 | diào dù | (v) dispatch; (n) dispatcher |
| 調換 | 调换 | diào huàn | (v) exchange; change places; (v) change |
| 調孔亞綱 | 调孔亚纲 | diào kǒng yà gāng | euryapsida |
| 調式 | 调式 | diào shì | musical mode |
| 調值 | 调值 | diào zhí | pitch of tones |
| 調子 | 调子 | diào zǐ | tune |
| 宏觀調控 | 宏观调控 | hóng guān diào kòng | macro-control |
| 基調 | 基调 | jī diào | (speech) keynote |
| 吉他變調夾 | 吉他变调夹 | jí tā biàn diào jiā | capo |
| 解調 | 解调 | jiě diào | to demodulate |
| 進行調查 | 进行调查 | jìn xíng diào chá | to carry out an investigation |
| 空氣調節 | 空气调节 | kōng qì tiáo jié | air conditioner |
| 空調 | 空调 | kōng tiáo | (n) air conditioning |
| 聯邦調查局 | 联邦调查局 | lián bāng diào chá jú | FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
| 聯合核事故協調中心 | 联合核事故协调中心 | lián hé hé shì gù xié tiào zhōng xīn | Joint nuclear Accident Coordinating Center (JNACC) |
| 連續變調 | 连续变调 | lián xù biàn diào | tone sandhi |
| 民調 | 民调 | mín diào | opinion poll |
| 民意調查 | 民意调查 | mín yì diào chá | opinion poll |
| 烹調 | 烹调 | pēng tiáo | (v) cook; (n) cooking |
| 烹調術 | 烹调术 | pēng tiáo shù | cookery |
| 腔調 | 腔调 | qiāng diào | accent |
| 強調 | 强调 | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 情調 | 情调 | qíng diào | sentiment; tone and mood; taste |
| 人口調查 | 人口调查 | rén kǒu diào chá | census |
| 認知失調 | 认知失调 | rèn zhī shī tiáo | cognitive dissonance |
| 色調 | 色调 | sè diào | hue |
| 上同調 | 上同调 | shàng tóng diào | (math.) cohomology |
| 聲調 | 声调 | shēng diào | tone; note |
| 聲調的調值 | 声调的调值 | shēng diào de diào zhí | pitch of tones |
| 聲調輪廓 | 声调轮廓 | shēng diào lún kuò | tone contour |
| 聲調語言 | 声调语言 | shēng diào yǔ yán | tone language |
| 失調 | 失调 | shī tiáo | imbalance; out of tune |
| 市場調查 | 市场调查 | shì chǎng diào chá | (n) market research |
| 適度微調 | 适度微调 | shì dù wēi tiáo | an appropriate amount of fine-tuning |
| 特調 | 特调 | tè tiáo | special blend (coffee); house blend (coffee) |
| 調 | 调 | tiáo | harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite |
| 調和 | 调和 | tiáo hé | harmonious; harmony |
| 調劑 | 调剂 | tiáo jì | (v) make an adjustment |
| 調節 | 调节 | tiáo jié | adjust; regulate |
| 調解 | 调解 | tiáo jiě | (v) mediate; bring together to an agreement |
| 調配 | 调配 | tiáo pèi | (vt) redeploy |
| 調皮 | 调皮 | tiáo pí | naughty; mischievous; unruly |
| 調頻 | 调频 | tiáo pín | (n) frequency modulation; FM |
| 調情 | 调情 | tiáo qíng | flirt |
| 調停 | 调停 | tiáo tíng | reconcile |
| 調味料 | 调味料 | tiáo wèi liào | seasoning |
| 調味肉汁 | 调味肉汁 | tiáo wèi ròu zhī | gravy |
| 調味汁 | 调味汁 | tiáo wèi zhī | dressing; sauce |
| 調戲 | 调戏 | tiáo xì | to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities |
| 調整 | 调整 | tiáo zhěng | adjustment; revision |
| 調制 | 调制 | tiáo zhì | to modulate; modulation |
| 調制解調器 | 调制解调器 | tiáo zhì jiě diào qì | modem |
| 同調 | 同调 | tóng diào | (math.) homology |
| 問卷調查 | 问卷调查 | wèn juàn diào chá | questionnaire |
| 協調 | 协调 | xié tiáo | to coordinate |
| 協調世界時 | 协调世界时 | xié tiáo shì jiè shí | Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) |
| 協調員 | 协调员 | xié tiáo yuán | coordinator |
| 意大利調味飯 | 意大利调味饭 | Yì dà lì tiáo wèi fàn | risotto |
| 音調 | 音调 | yīn diào | tone |
| 詠嘆調 | 咏叹调 | yǒng tàn diào | aria |
| 語調 | 语调 | yǔ diào | intonation |
| 中國地質調查局 | 中国地质调查局 | Zhōng guó dì zhì diào chá jú | China Geological Survey (CGS) |
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