Tom always sings out of tune.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
跑调
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 跑调 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 跑调 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 跑调.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 跑调.
Directly before
- 总跑调1
- 会跑调1
Directly after
- 跑调呢1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 跑调
What does 跑调 mean in Chinese?
跑调 (pǎodiào) means to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial).
How do you pronounce 跑调?
跑调 is pronounced pǎodiào.
Is 跑调 an HSK word?
跑调 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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