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调出 (diào chū) — (computing) to call up, to retrieve (data, a file, an interface); (HR/archives) to transfer out, to summon (personnel, documents)

Definition

A separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to call up/retrieve' (data, files) or 'to transfer out' (a person, document). Split for objects: 调出…来, or with 把: 把他调出北京.

verb
(computing) to call upto retrieve (data, a file, an interface)(HR/archives) to transfer outto summon (personnel, documents)

Examples

  • 调出。
    Qǐng cóng shù jù kù diào chū zuó tiān de xiāo shòu bào gào.
    Please pull up yesterday's sales report from the database.
  • 调出。
    Gōng sī bǎ tā cóng běi jīng diào chū dào shàng hǎi fēn bù le.
    The company transferred him from Beijing to the Shanghai branch.
  • 调出，。
    Zhè xiē dàng àn hěn nán diào chū, xū yào tè shū quán xiàn.
    These archives are difficult to retrieve; special permissions are needed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

调tiáoretrieve
出chūout

调 means to retrieve or move and 出 points outward, so the sense is to bring out or transfer out.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 調; 调 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
周
周zhōu調tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 調 pairs 言 (speech) with 周, which shows how it was pronounced. The simplified 调 is a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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