Word: 調 (diào) key (in music); mode (music); tune; melody

These are the example sentences using 調 in the sense key (in music); mode (music); tune; melody. Every sentence using 調 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Simplified: 调

Example sentences using 調 in this sense

3 sentences, showing page 1 of 1.

一人一把號，各吹各的調

yì rén yì bǎ hào, gè chuī gè de diào

everyone has a bugle, each blows his own tune
兩個琵琶一個調，彈到一起去了

liǎng gè pípa yí gè diào, dàn dào yìqǐ qùle

two pipas in one key: they play / talk together
嗩吶里吹出笛子調，響的不一樣

suǒnà lǐ chuī chū dízi diào, xiǎng de bù yíyàng

playing a flute tune on a suona: the sound isn't the same