falling intonation (linguistics); to lower the key of a tune; to demote
trad. 降調
Also written 降調【jiàng diào】
Characters in this word
2降
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to drop, to fall, to come down, to descend
- Pinyin
- jiàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 11080 of 2500
调
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to transfer, to move (troops or cadres), to investigate, to enquire into, accent, view, argument, key (in music), mode (music), tune, tone, melody
- Pinyin
- diào
- Traditional
- 調
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5104 of 2500