Chinese symbol for “invoke”
调用
diào yòng
Traditional: 調用
to transfer (for a specific purpose); to allocate; (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for invoke is 调用 (diào yòng), defined as: to transfer (for a specific purpose); to allocate; (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “invoke”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 謼 | hū | to shout; to mourn |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust; to revise; to reorganize |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 空调 (空調) | kōng tiáo | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “invoke”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.