调试 tiáoshì to debug
to debug; to adjust components during testing; debugging
How to remember 调试: 调 tune + 试 try = to debug.
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How it is used
- To debug / test-and-tune equipment or software - 调试程序 (tiáoshì chéngxù) to debug a program; 设备调试 (shèbèi tiáoshì) equipment commissioning.
- Reading tiáo. Technical register: adjusting components while testing until they work right.
- Combines 调 (adjust) + 试 (test); distinct from 测试 (cèshì, to test), which just checks - 调试 also fixes/tunes.