HSK 4 · Verbs

调查 diàochá “investigation” in Chinese

Traditional 調查

What 调查 means

  1. investigation
  2. inquiry
  3. to investigate
  4. to survey
  5. (opinion) poll

Measure word 项 xiàng or 个 gè · 一项调查 yí xiàng diàochá

How to say 调查

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale调diào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale查chá2nd tone, rising

调查 in a sentence

  1. 最近的一项调查显示吸烟的人数减少了。

    Zuìjìn de yí xiàng diàochá xiǎnshì xīyān de rénshù jiǎnshǎo le.

    A recent survey shows that the number of smokers has fallen.

    Sentence #651182 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们在调查事故发生的原因。

    Wǒmen zài diàochá shìgù fāshēng de yuányīn.

    We’re looking into the cause of the accident.

    Sentence #970201 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 调查的结果十分令人满意。

    Diàochá de jiéguǒ shífēn lìng rén mǎnyì.

    The results of the survey were very satisfactory.

    Sentence #520666 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 调查 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 调 (tiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
调diàoto transfer
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 周Zhou dynasty · zhōuSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 周 (zhōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with diào.

The character 查 (chá) with each of its parts in a different colour
查cháto research
  • 木tree · mù
  • 旦dawn · dàn

How to write 调查

调 10 strokes · 查 9 strokes

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调查 (diàochá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 调查 (diàochá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 调查

Words with 调

空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)调整tiáozhěng · to adjust单调dāndiào · monotonous调皮tiáopí · naughty声调shēngdiào · tone (of a syllable)调料tiáoliào · seasoning调和tiáohé · to reconcile调剂tiáojì · to adjust调节tiáojié · to adjust

Words with 查

查chá · to check检查jiǎnchá · to check查获cháhuò · to seize (in an investigation)审查shěnchá · to examine

More words: Common Verbs

打折dǎzhé · to give a discount打针dǎzhēn · to give or have an injection戴dài · to wear (glasses当dāng · to act as掉diào · to fall丢diū · to lose堵车dǔchē · traffic jam放松fàngsōng · to relax

FAQs

调查 (diàochá) means “investigation” or “inquiry”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it diàochá: diào with a 4th tone, then chá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 调查 is written 調查. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 项 (xiàng) or 个 (gè). For example, one investigation is 一项调查 (yí xiàng diàochá).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type diaocha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 调查 from the suggestions. Typing diaocha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
调查 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.