Huíguó yǐhòu, wǒ huā le yí ge xīngqī tiáozhěng shíchā.
After I got back, it took me a week to get over the jet lag.
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How 调整 is built
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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.
整zhěngwhole; complete; entire; whole; exactly
敕an imperial order or decree · chìMeaning part
正straight · zhēngSound part
敕 hints at the meaning (an imperial order or decree); 正 (zhēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhěng.
How to write 调整
调 10 strokes · 整 16 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 调整 (tiáozhěng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
调整 (tiáozhěng) means “to adjust” or “adjustment”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tiáozhěng: tiáo with a 2nd tone, then zhěng with a 3rd 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, 调整 is written 調整. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiaozheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 调整 from the suggestions. Typing tiaozheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
调整 is an HSK 5 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
调tiáo2nd tone, rising
整zhěng3rd tone, dipping
