调

to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody

to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite

surname Zhou / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)

to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

week / weekly / variant of 周[zhou1]

low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile

to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards

to temporarily transfer (personnel)

to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone

to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)

to demote / to pass down to a lower unit

main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint

nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)

census

to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time

exit poll

(perfumery) top note

to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc

it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)

cohomology (invariant of a topological space in math.)

uncoordinated / disharmony

discord

China Geological Survey (CGS)

central air conditioning / (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男[nuan3 nan2], a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry)

(perfumery) middle note / heart note