| 1 | 强调 | 強調 | qiáng diào | qiang2 diao4 | to emphasize (a statement); to stress | | |
| 2 | 调查 | 調查 | diào chá | diao4 cha2 | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll; Classifiers: 项 | | |
| 3 | 调动 | 調動 | diào dòng | diao4 dong4 | to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play | | |
| 4 | 调 | 調 | diào | diao4 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | | |
| 5 | 失调 | 失調 | shī diào | shi1 diao4 | out of tune (music) | | |
| 6 | 调拨 | 調撥 | diào bō | diao4 bo1 | to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods) | | |
| 7 | 单调 | 單調 | dān diào | dan1 diao4 | monotonous | | |
| 8 | 音调 | 音調 | yīn diào | yin1 diao4 | pitch of voice (high or low); pitch (of a musical note); tone | | |
| 9 | 语调 | 語調 | yǔ diào | yu3 diao4 | intonation; tone of voice; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 10 | 调配 | 調配 | diào pèi | diao4 pei4 | to allocate; to deploy | | |
| 11 | 曲调 | 曲調 | qǔ diào | qu3 diao4 | tune; melody | | |
| 12 | 调子 | 調子 | diào zi | diao4 zi5 | tune; melody; tuning; cadence; intonation; (speech) tone | | |
| 13 | 色调 | 色調 | sè diào | se4 diao4 | hue; tone | | |
| 14 | 小调 | 小調 | xiǎo diào | xiao3 diao4 | xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre; minor key (in music) | | |
| 15 | 情调 | 情調 | qíng diào | qing2 diao4 | sentiment; tone and mood; taste | | |
| 16 | 抽调 | 抽調 | chōu diào | chou1 diao4 | to transfer (personnel or material) | | |
| 17 | 调度 | 調度 | diào dù | diao4 du4 | to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler | | |
| 18 | 基调 | 基調 | jī diào | ji1 diao4 | main key (of a musical composition); keynote (speech) | | |
| 19 | 走调 | 走調 | zǒu diào | zou3 diao4 | out of tune; off-key | | |
| 20 | 陈腔滥调 | 陳腔濫調 | chén qiāng làn diào | chen2 qiang1 lan4 diao4 | hackneyed expressions (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 陈词滥调 | 陳詞濫調 | chén cí làn diào | chen2 ci2 lan4 diao4 | cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype | | |
| 22 | 唱高调儿 | 唱高調兒 | chàng gāo diào r | chang4 gao1 diao4 r5 | erhua variant of 唱高调 | | |
| 23 | 唱高调 | 唱高調 | chàng gāo diào | chang4 gao1 diao4 | to sing the high part; to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 步调 | 步調 | bù diào | bu4 diao4 | gait; marching order; step; pace | | |
| 25 | 变调夹 | 變調夾 | biàn diào jiā | bian4 diao4 jia1 | capo | | |