调变

調變
tiáobiàn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to modulate (electronics)
  2. 2 modulation

Examples

Wúxiàndiàn xìnhào xūyào xiān tiáobiàn zài fāshè.
Radio signals must be modulated before being transmitted.
Zhè zhǒng tiáobiàn fāngshì kàng gānrǎo nénglì qiáng.
This modulation scheme has strong noise resistance.

Tips

register
Technical electronics term, common in Taiwan. Mainland engineering Chinese more often uses 调制 (tiáozhì) for the same concept (e.g. 调制 = modem). Both come up in textbooks; 调制 is the safer mainland default.
mistakes
Read as tiáo (2nd tone, 'to adjust'), not diào (4th tone, 'to transfer / tune'). Same character, different reading depending on meaning.

Stroke Order

tiáo
biàn