調教

See also: 调教

Chinese

		harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (調教)		調	教
simp. (调教)		调	教

Etymology

“to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software”

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 調教(ちょうきょう) (chōkyō), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 調教／调教 (tiáojiào, “to train”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáojiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ gaau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâu-kàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáojiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáojiào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-chiao⁴
    • Yale: tyáu-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyaujiaw
    • Palladius: тяоцзяо (tjaoczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tiu⁴ gaau³
    • Yale: tìuh gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ kaːu̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 調教／调教 調校／调校

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâu-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: tiâu-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau'kaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²⁴⁻²² kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²⁴⁻²² kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau¹³⁻²² kau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau²⁴⁻¹¹ kau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau²³⁻³³ kau²¹/

Verb

調教

1. to discipline (a child)

   Synonyms: 管教 (guǎnjiào), 調理／调理 (tiáolǐ)

2. to feed and train (an animal)
3. (slang) to erotically teach; to erotically train (in the bedroom); to tame
4. (fandom slang) to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.); to tune

   Synonym: 調校／调校

Derived terms

• 調教師／调教师

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (調教):

• → Japanese: 調教(ちょうきょう) (chōkyō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
調	教
ちょう Grade: 3	きょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

調(ちょう)教(きょう) • (chōkyō) 

1. training of animals

   ドイツ調(ちょう)教(きょう)馬(ば) ― Doitsu-chōkyōba ― a horse trained in Germany

2. (fandom slang) adjustment of the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID; tuning

   良(りょう)調(ちょう)教(きょう) ― ryōchōkyō ― decent tuning

   神(かみ)調(ちょう)教(きょう) ― kamichōkyō ― godly tuning

   OSTER(オスター) project(プロジェクト)『ボーカロイドユーザーのための調(ちょう)教(きょう)・ミックステクニック』[1]

   Osutā purojekuto “Bōkaroido yūzā no tame no chōkyō mikkusu tekunikku”

   OSTER project, Tuning and Mixing Techniques for VOCALOID Users

Synonyms

• (adjustment of parameters): 調(ちょう)声(せい) (chōsei)

Derived terms

• 調(ちょう)教(きょう)師(し) (chōkyōshi)

Verb

調(ちょう)教(きょう)する • (chōkyō suru) suru (stem 調(ちょう)教(きょう)し (chōkyō shi), past 調(ちょう)教(きょう)した (chōkyō shita))

1. to train
2. (fandom slang) to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.); to tune

Conjugation

Conjugation of "調教する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	調教し	ちょうきょうし	chōkyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	調教し	ちょうきょうし	chōkyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	調教する	ちょうきょうする	chōkyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	調教する	ちょうきょうする	chōkyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	調教すれ	ちょうきょうすれ	chōkyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	調教せよ¹ 調教しろ²	ちょうきょうせよ¹ ちょうきょうしろ²	chōkyō seyo¹ chōkyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	調教される	ちょうきょうされる	chōkyō sareru
Causative	調教させる 調教さす	ちょうきょうさせる ちょうきょうさす	chōkyō saseru chōkyō sasu
Potential	調教できる	ちょうきょうできる	chōkyō dekiru
Volitional	調教しよう	ちょうきょうしよう	chōkyō shiyō
Negative	調教しない	ちょうきょうしない	chōkyō shinai
Negative continuative	調教せず	ちょうきょうせず	chōkyō sezu
Formal	調教します	ちょうきょうします	chōkyō shimasu
Perfective	調教した	ちょうきょうした	chōkyō shita
Conjunctive	調教して	ちょうきょうして	chōkyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	調教すれば	ちょうきょうすれば	chōkyō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative