HSK 6 · Verbs

调节 tiáojié “to adjust” in Chinese

Traditional 調節

What 调节 means

  1. to adjust
  2. to regulate
  3. to harmonise
  4. to reconcile (accountancy etc)

How to say 调节

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale调tiáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale节jié2nd tone, rising

调节 in a sentence

  1. 音量调节在哪里？

    Yīnliàng tiáojié zài nǎlǐ?

    Where’s the volume control?

    Sentence #13108740 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 调节 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tiáoto harmonise
  • 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 tiáo.

The character 节 (jié) drawn as one shape
节jiéjoint; node

节 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 節, the joints of bamboo ⺮ (the simplified form has 艹 on top). From there, a section, and a festival.

How to write 调节

调 10 strokes · 节 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 调节

Words with 调

空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning调查diàochá · investigation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

Words with 节

季节jìjié · season节目jiémù · programme节日jiérì · holiday过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival节jié · festival节约jiéyuē · to economise节省jiéshěng · to save细节xìjié · details国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)节制jiézhì · to control

More words: Common Verbs

淘汰táotài · to eliminate舔tiǎn · to lick调和tiáohé · to reconcile调剂tiáojì · to adjust挑衅tiǎoxìn · to provoke停顿tíngdùn · to pause推翻tuīfān · to overthrow涂抹túmǒ · to smear

FAQs

调节 (tiáojié) means “to adjust” or “to regulate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tiáojié: tiáo with a 2nd tone, then jié 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, 调节 is written 調節. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiaojie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 调节 from the suggestions. Typing tiaojie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
调节 is an HSK 6 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.