HSK 3 · Change & Development

调整

tiáo zhěng

to adjust

Stroke order of 调整

2 characters, 26 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

调 · 10 strokes 整 · 16 strokes

Memory trick

Words (讠) in tune (周) and bundled neatly (整) tune things to fit: to adjust.

Parts: 调讠speech + 周 all round; 整 whole, in order

The characters in 调整

调 diào — to transfer; tone (10 strokes)
整 zhěng — whole; exactly (16 strokes)

Example sentence

我们要调整一下时间。

We need to adjust the time.

Words with 调

空调air conditioner 强调to emphasize 调查to investigate; survey 调to transfer; tone

Words with 整

整天all day 整整whole; fully 整whole; exactly 整个whole; entire 整体whole; as a whole 完整complete; intact 整齐neat; tidy 整理to tidy up; to sort out

More words: Change & Development

变化change; to change 变为to become; to turn into 转变to change; to transform 化to change into; -ize 现代化modernization 发展to develop; development 发达developed 进步progress; to improve 进展progress; to make progress 进一步further 改进to improve 改造to transform; to rebuild 修改to revise; to modify 形成to form 成长to grow up 生长to grow

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