# 調教
## Chinese
### 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): tiu$^4$ gaau$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâu-kàu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiáojiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tiáojiào
*** Wade–Giles: tʻiao$^2$-chiao$^4$
*** Yale: tyáu-jyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyaujiaw
*** Palladius: тяоцзяо (tjaoczjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tiu$^4$ gaau$^3$
*** Yale: tìuh gaau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tiu$^4$ gaau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tiu$^4$ gao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːu̯²¹ kaːu̯³³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$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
* to discipline (a child)
    Synonyms: 管教 (guǎnjiào), 調理 / 调理 (tiáolǐ)
* to feed and train (an animal)
* (slang) to erotically teach; to erotically train (in the bedroom); to tame
* (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

* → 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)
* training of animals
    ドイツ調(ちょう)教(きょう)馬(ば) ― Doitsu-chōkyōba ― a horse trained in Germany
* (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』
       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))
* to train
* (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

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 ||||