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Number: 2072
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character: 調
MC description : A: 效開四去嘯定; B: 效開四平蕭定
ZIHUI: A: 6148 1426; B: 6148 1429
Beijing: A: tiau 3; B: thiau 12
Jinan: A: tiɔ 3; B: thiɔ 12
Xi'an: A: tiau 3; B: thiau 12
Taiyuan: A: tiau 3; B: thiau 1
Hankou: A: tiau 3; B: thiau 12
Chengdu: A: tiau 3; B: thiau 12
Yangzhou: A: tiɔ 3; B: thiɔ 11
Suzhou: A: diä 32; B: diä 12
Wenzhou: A: diɛ 32; B: diɛ 12
Changsha: A: tiau 31; B: tiau 11
Shuangfeng: A: tiǝ 31; B: diǝ 12
Nanchang: A: thiɛu 32; B: thiɛu 12
Meixian: A: thiau 3; B: thiau 12
Guangzhou: A: tiu 32; B: thiu 12
Xiamen: A: tiau 32; B: tiau 12; tiau 11
Chaozhou: A: tiǝu 32; B: thiǝu 12
Fuzhou: A: tieu 32; B: tieu 12
Shanghai: A: tiɔ 32; B: tiɔ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: A: tiau 3; B: thiau 12
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Character: 調
Modern (Beijing) reading: diào
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhīw
Classic Old Chinese: dhīw
Western Han Chinese: dhjǝ̄w
Eastern Han Chinese: dhiǝ̄w
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhiēw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhiēw
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhiēw
Middle Chinese: diew
English meaning : to tune, adjust
Russian meaning[s]: 1) переместить, передвинуть; перебросить, послать; 2) переменить, сменить; поменяться; 3) расследовать, обследовать; 4) соразмерить, рассчитать; 5) настроить (музыкальный инструмент); лад; тон; мелодия, песня; 6) взимать налог с каждого двора; подворный (налог); [tiáo] 1) смешивать; сдабривать, приправлять; 2) смягчать; примирять; согласовывать; 3) насмехаться, издеваться; шутить, заигрывать
Comments: For *dh cf. Chaozhou thiǝu2. Also read *dhīw-s, MC dièw, Mand. diào, Viet. d_iệu '(smth. adjusted, tuned)' > 'air, tune, melody'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 3800
Karlgren code: 1083 x
Vietnamese reading: d_iều
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *th[ī]w (~dh-)
Meaning: fitting
Chinese: 調 *dhīw to tune, adjust.
Burmese: taw be suitable, fit, sufficient.
Comments: BG: Garo m-to beautiful, fit, Dimasa thau be fit for. Ben. 73.
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