腔调
qiāng diào
Pinyin

Definition

腔调
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qiāng diào
  1. accent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kǒu qiāng
  1. 1 oral cavity
chàng qiāng
  1. 1 vocal music (in opera)
  2. 2 aria
niáng niang qiāng
  1. 1 sissy
  2. 2 effeminate
mǎn qiāng
  1. 1 one's heart filled with
  2. 2 full of (joy)
xiōng qiāng
  1. 1 thoracic cavity
qiāng
  1. 1 cavity of body
  2. 2 barrel (e.g. engine cylinder)
  3. 3 compartment
  4. 4 tune
  5. 5 accent of speech
qiāng diào
  1. 1 accent
bí qiāng
  1. 1 nasal cavity
nán qiāng běi diào
  1. 1 a regional accent
kǒu qiāng yán
  1. 1 stomatitis
  2. 2 ulceration of oral cavity
  3. 3 inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth
kū qiāng
  1. 1 sobbing tone
  2. 2 sob
  3. 3 dirge
  4. 4 opera tune portraying mourning
zì zhèng qiāng yuán
  1. 1 (of singing or speaking) very articulate pronunciation and vocalizing
bāng qiāng
  1. 1 vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas
  2. 2 to speak in support of
  3. 3 to chime in
guài qiāng guài diào
  1. 1 strange accent
  2. 2 odd manner of speaking or singing
dā qiāng
  1. 1 to answer
  2. 2 to respond
  3. 3 to converse
yóu qiāng huá diào
  1. 1 flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech)
  2. 2 glib-tongued
  3. 3 oily
pén qiāng
  1. 1 the pelvic cavity
  2. 2 birth canal
Qín qiāng
  1. 1 Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music
  2. 2 Shaanxi opera
kōng qiāng
  1. 1 cavity
dā qiāng
  1. 1 to answer
  2. 2 to respond
  3. 3 to converse

Idioms (1)

洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
  1. 1 to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

好,那你需要了解的第一件事就是,我不喜欢你的怪腔调。
hǎo ,nà nǐ xūyào liǎojiě de dìyī jiàn shì jiùshì ,wǒ bù xǐhuan nǐ de guài qiāngdiào 。
OK, then the first thing you need to understand about me is that I don't like your weird accent.
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淮海中路肯定要去的。以前是以一个法国将军的名字命名的,叫“霞飞路”。是全上海公认的最美丽、最摩登、最有腔调的一条街。比南京路更有品位,更上档次。你要买名牌买奢侈品的话,淮海中路堪比巴黎。
Huáihǎizhōnglù kěndìng yào qù de 。yǐqián shì yǐ yī gè Fǎguó jiāngjūn de míngzi mìngmíng de ,jiào “Xiáfēilù ”。shì quán Shànghǎi gōngrèn de zuì měilì 、zuì módēng 、zuì yǒu qiāngdiào de yī tiáo jiē 。bǐ Nánjīng lù gèng yǒu pǐnwèi ,gèng shàng dàngcì 。nǐ yào mǎi míngpái mǎi shēchǐpǐn dehuà ,Huáihǎizhōnglù kānbǐ Bālí 。
We definitely need to go to Middle Huaihai Road. It used to be named after a French general; it was called "Xiafei Road." It's widely known as the most beautiful, modern, and refined street in Shanghai. It's a grade and rank above Nanjing Road. If you're looking to buy name-brand or luxury merchandise, Middle Huaihai Road is comparable to Paris.
这是不是可以理解为低调就是腔调呢?
zhè shì bu shì kěyǐ lǐjiě wéi dīdiào jiùshì qiāngdiào ne ?
So this is really what's meant by the expression, 'low-profile is a kind of attitude', yes?