Chinese symbol for “mediate”
调解
tiáo jiě
Traditional: 調解
to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mediate is 调解 (tiáo jiě), defined as: to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mediate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斡旋 | wò xuán | to mediate (a conflict etc) |
| 疏解 | shū jiě | to mediate; to mitigate |
| 排解 | pái jiě | to mediate; to reconcile |
| 圆场 (圓場) | yuán chǎng | to mediate; to broker a compromise |
| 牵头 (牽頭) | qiān tóu | to lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调解.
| 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) |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mediate”.
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.