DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

地調

简地调 · 繁地調

Mandarin · pinyin dì diào

geological survey, abbr. for 地質調查 dì zhì diào chá

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
調: Look up this written character
调: diào · transfer, move, change; tune

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4 · di4 diao4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

地調 · find source passages ↗ · 地调 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗