调查 diàochá investigate
investigate; survey; inquiry
怎么记住“调查”: 调 tune + 查 to check = investigate.
汉字
用法
- To investigate or survey - 警察正在调查 (jǐngchá zhèngzài diàochá) the police are investigating; noun 市场调查 (shìchǎng diàochá) market research.
- Note the reading diào (not tiáo, which appears in 调整 tiáozhěng, to adjust).
- Covers both formal inquiry (a case) and data-gathering (a survey/poll). Often paired with 进行: 进行调查.
例句
- 调查下这个。 Diàochá xià zhège.Examine this.
- 警方正在调查。 Jǐngfāng zhèngzài diàochá.The police are looking into the matter.
- 我们对客户进行了问卷调查。 Wǒmen duì kèhù jìnxíngle wènjuàn diàochá.We did a survey of our clients.